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 “zebra”? (a) zip (b) yo-yo (c) tiger
- 2.🌋 _olcano — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) s (c) v
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) tap (b) violin (c) turtle
- 4.🐺 _olf — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) w (c) t
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) up (b) volcano (c) web
- 6.🐢 _urtle — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) u (c) v
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) yarn (b) six (c) saw
- 8.Which picture starts like “tiger”? (a) violin (b) zero (c) ten
- 9.Which picture starts like “six”? (a) yo-yo (b) soap (c) up
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) yo-yo (b) soap (c) six
- 11.🍅 _omato — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) t (c) v
- 12.🎻 _iolin — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) w (c) v
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zero (b) six (c) watermelon
- 14.Which picture starts like “zip”? (a) zebra (b) ten (c) window
- 15.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) tap (b) up (c) tiger
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zip (b) tap (c) watermelon
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) watch (b) wave (c) tiger
- 18.Which picture starts like “watch”? (a) tomato (b) wolf (c) sun
- 19.🪚 _aw — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) s (c) t
- 20.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) w (c) z
- 21.🚐 _an — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) v (c) y
- 22.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) wolf (b) box (c) window
- 23.⌚ _atch — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) z (c) w
- 24.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tea (b) ox (c) web
- 25.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) six (b) watermelon (c) tiger
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) yo-yo (b) zero (c) saw
- 27.🥱 _awn — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) w (c) y
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) web (b) tent (c) up
- 29.🧦 _ock — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) y (c) s
- 30.Which picture starts like “volcano”? (a) watch (b) watermelon (c) violin
- 31.🦷 _ooth — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) u (c) t
- 32.Which picture starts like “violin”? (a) volcano (b) yo-yo (c) tea
- 33.Which picture starts like “watermelon”? (a) web (b) ten (c) tea
- 34.Which picture starts like “zero”? (a) sun (b) turtle (c) zebra
- 35.🤐 _ip — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) z (c) y
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) umbrella (b) tea (c) watch
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) turtle (b) sun (c) tub
- 38.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) wave (b) fox (c) torch
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) wolf (b) tea (c) turtle
- 40.Which picture starts like “violin”? (a) van (b) sun (c) up
Answer key
- zip
- v
- violin
- w
- web
- t
- yarn
- ten
- soap
- yo-yo
- t
- v
- zero
- zebra
- up
- zip
- tiger
- wolf
- s
- y
- v
- box
- w
- ox
- six
- saw
- y
- up
- s
- violin
- t
- volcano
- web
- zebra
- z
- umbrella
- sun
- fox
- wolf
- van
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