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 “saw”? (a) sock (b) watch (c) ten
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) tea (b) zebra (c) six
- 3.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) tap (b) window (c) zip
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) watermelon (b) zebra (c) up
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) yarn (b) zero (c) torch
- 6.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) sock (b) fox (c) tomato
- 7.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) wave (b) tiger (c) box
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) ten (b) tub (c) van
- 9.🎻 _iolin — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) w (c) v
- 10.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tomato (b) up (c) ox
- 11.🧼 _oap — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) v (c) s
- 12.🍅 _omato — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) u (c) w
- 13.Which picture starts like “yarn”? (a) saw (b) tap (c) yo-yo
- 14.🛁 _ub — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) u (c) t
- 15.Which picture starts like “wave”? (a) ten (b) tap (c) watermelon
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) watch (b) yawn (c) zero
- 17.🌋 _olcano — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) s (c) v
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) sun (b) turkey (c) violin
- 19.🧦 _ock — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) s (c) w
- 20.Which picture starts like “zero”? (a) up (b) zip (c) web
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) violin (b) soap (c) yo-yo
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) watch (b) tub (c) tomato
- 23.⛺ _ent — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) z (c) u
- 24.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) six (b) web (c) van
- 25.🪟 _indow — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) v (c) w
- 26.Which picture starts like “violin”? (a) tooth (b) van (c) saw
- 27.🚐 _an — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) w (c) v
- 28.⬆️ _p — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) u (c) t
- 29.☀️ _un — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) u (c) s
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) window (b) watch (c) zero
- 31.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) t (c) z
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) turtle (b) watch (c) sun
- 33.Which picture starts like “wolf”? (a) soap (b) tea (c) watch
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) sock (b) tomato (c) soap
- 35.Which picture starts like “wolf”? (a) wave (b) saw (c) turtle
- 36.Which picture starts like “watermelon”? (a) tea (b) turtle (c) web
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) torch (b) wolf (c) saw
- 38.☂️ _mbrella — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) u (c) s
- 39.Which picture starts like “sun”? (a) watermelon (b) six (c) tent
- 40.🐢 _urtle — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) s (c) u
Answer key
- sock
- six
- zip
- watermelon
- yarn
- fox
- box
- van
- v
- ox
- s
- t
- yo-yo
- t
- watermelon
- yawn
- v
- violin
- s
- zip
- yo-yo
- watch
- t
- six
- w
- van
- v
- u
- s
- zero
- y
- sun
- watch
- tomato
- wave
- web
- torch
- u
- six
- t
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