Beginning Sounds Phonics Worksheets (s–z)
How the sounds work (Listen to the first sound): Say the word slowly and listen to the first sound: s… sun. Match it with a picture or a letter that starts the same way. For x, listen to the end of the word: fo-x, bo-x.
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- 1.Which picture starts like “zero”? (a) up (b) tiger (c) zebra
- 2.🎻 _iolin — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) v (c) t
- 3.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) wolf (b) ox (c) volcano
- 4.🧼 _oap — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) v (c) t
- 5.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) y (c) t
- 6.Which picture starts like “torch”? (a) ten (b) yarn (c) zero
- 7.Which picture starts like “turkey”? (a) volcano (b) saw (c) tent
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) tiger (b) up (c) van
- 9.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) yarn (b) box (c) sock
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) watermelon (b) tub (c) six
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) tea (b) ten (c) sun
- 12.🍉 _atermelon — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) z (c) w
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) watch (b) up (c) tap
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) yarn (b) tent (c) tea
- 15.🪀 _o-yo — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) y (c) w
- 16.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tea (b) sun (c) fox
- 17.☂️ _mbrella — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) y (c) u
- 18.Which picture starts like “sun”? (a) yawn (b) saw (c) web
- 19.🪚 _aw — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) z (c) u
- 20.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) six (b) yarn (c) soap
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) volcano (b) umbrella (c) window
- 22.Which picture starts like “yarn”? (a) six (b) van (c) yo-yo
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) zebra (b) soap (c) yarn
- 24.⌚ _atch — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) w (c) s
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) web (b) yo-yo (c) turkey
- 26.Which picture starts like “watch”? (a) tiger (b) wave (c) torch
- 27.🚐 _an — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) z (c) s
- 28.Which picture starts like “van”? (a) volcano (b) turkey (c) watermelon
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) tiger (b) wave (c) volcano
- 30.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) up (b) window (c) yo-yo
- 31.Which picture starts like “soap”? (a) sock (b) zero (c) zebra
- 32.🤐 _ip — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) v (c) z
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) watch (b) up (c) violin
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zip (b) tomato (c) wolf
- 35.Which picture starts like “yo-yo”? (a) soap (b) watermelon (c) yarn
- 36.Which picture starts like “window”? (a) watermelon (b) zebra (c) ten
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) van (b) zebra (c) tomato
- 38.6️⃣ _ix — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) u (c) y
- 39.🍵 _ea — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) s (c) t
- 40.🌊 _ave — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) y (c) w
Answer key
- zebra
- v
- ox
- s
- y
- ten
- tent
- van
- box
- six
- sun
- w
- tap
- yarn
- y
- fox
- u
- saw
- s
- six
- umbrella
- yo-yo
- soap
- w
- turkey
- wave
- v
- volcano
- volcano
- up
- sock
- z
- up
- zip
- yarn
- watermelon
- zebra
- s
- t
- w
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