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 “yarn”? (a) tent (b) yo-yo (c) window
- 2.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tomato (b) box (c) wave
- 3.Which picture starts like “six”? (a) tiger (b) sun (c) turkey
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) tiger (b) ten (c) wolf
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) up (b) wave (c) yawn
- 6.Which picture starts like “sock”? (a) zip (b) sun (c) torch
- 7.Which picture starts like “tomato”? (a) umbrella (b) six (c) turkey
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) volcano (b) tub (c) zero
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) six (b) tomato (c) ten
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) turtle (b) tooth (c) sun
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) umbrella (b) tent (c) zip
- 12.Which picture starts like “violin”? (a) van (b) sock (c) tomato
- 13.0️⃣ _ero — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) z (c) s
- 14.🍵 _ea — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) s (c) t
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) soap (b) yarn (c) six
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) saw (b) zebra (c) turtle
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) up (b) yo-yo (c) wolf
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) sock (b) watermelon (c) turkey
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) watch (b) volcano (c) tiger
- 20.🌋 _olcano — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) v (c) y
- 21.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tent (b) soap (c) six
- 22.Which picture starts like “yawn”? (a) yarn (b) watch (c) turtle
- 23.Which picture starts like “saw”? (a) sun (b) tomato (c) tiger
- 24.🧦 _ock — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) u (c) s
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) turkey (b) sock (c) volcano
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) tiger (b) wave (c) saw
- 27.🤐 _ip — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) t (c) z
- 28.Which picture starts like “zero”? (a) yawn (b) watermelon (c) zip
- 29.Which picture starts like “wolf”? (a) watch (b) tomato (c) violin
- 30.Which picture starts like “yawn”? (a) van (b) zip (c) yo-yo
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) saw (b) up (c) zip
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) yawn (b) turtle (c) van
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) torch (b) wave (c) yo-yo
- 34.6️⃣ _ix — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) y (c) s
- 35.Which picture starts like “tap”? (a) window (b) tiger (c) soap
- 36.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) up (b) window (c) sun
- 37.☀️ _un — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) s (c) t
- 38.Which picture starts like “sock”? (a) turtle (b) soap (c) violin
- 39.Which picture starts like “volcano”? (a) turkey (b) van (c) tub
- 40.Which picture starts like “sock”? (a) tub (b) six (c) tent
Answer key
- yo-yo
- box
- sun
- wolf
- yawn
- sun
- turkey
- zero
- six
- sun
- umbrella
- van
- z
- t
- yarn
- saw
- up
- watermelon
- volcano
- v
- six
- yarn
- sun
- s
- sock
- tiger
- z
- zip
- watch
- yo-yo
- zip
- van
- yo-yo
- s
- tiger
- up
- s
- soap
- van
- six
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