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 “soap”? (a) six (b) tomato (c) zebra
- 2.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) box (b) watermelon (c) yo-yo
- 3.🪟 _indow — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) z (c) w
- 4.🌊 _ave — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) y (c) z
- 5.Which picture starts like “watermelon”? (a) saw (b) wave (c) tea
- 6.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) window (b) up (c) violin
- 7.Which picture starts like “volcano”? (a) saw (b) wolf (c) van
- 8.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) u (c) y
- 9.🚐 _an — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) w (c) t
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) volcano (b) zip (c) umbrella
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) tooth (b) sock (c) tea
- 12.🪀 _o-yo — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) z (c) v
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) sun (b) watermelon (c) zero
- 14.🦓 _ebra — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) y (c) t
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) violin (b) zip (c) tomato
- 16.🦃 _urkey — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) y (c) t
- 17.🧼 _oap — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) w (c) s
- 18.Which picture starts like “tap”? (a) zero (b) ten (c) saw
- 19.🥱 _awn — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) v (c) y
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) web (b) up (c) tub
- 21.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) watermelon (b) umbrella (c) six
- 22.Which picture starts like “yawn”? (a) umbrella (b) wolf (c) yo-yo
- 23.Which picture starts like “sun”? (a) six (b) tooth (c) turkey
- 24.Which picture starts like “six”? (a) soap (b) tap (c) yawn
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) tomato (b) saw (c) volcano
- 26.☂️ _mbrella — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) s (c) u
- 27.🚰 _ap — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) w (c) s
- 28.Which picture starts like “zip”? (a) wolf (b) zero (c) sock
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) tub (b) volcano (c) up
- 30.Which picture starts like “violin”? (a) van (b) umbrella (c) tub
- 31.Which picture starts like “sock”? (a) zebra (b) ten (c) sun
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) watch (b) tooth (c) violin
- 33.⌚ _atch — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) w (c) v
- 34.0️⃣ _ero — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) z (c) v
- 35.Which picture starts like “wolf”? (a) tiger (b) ten (c) watch
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) yawn (b) soap (c) tiger
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) zip (b) wave (c) saw
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) tea (b) soap (c) umbrella
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) tomato (b) yawn (c) up
- 40.🔟 _en — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) w (c) t
Answer key
- six
- box
- w
- w
- wave
- up
- van
- y
- v
- zip
- sock
- y
- watermelon
- z
- violin
- t
- s
- ten
- y
- web
- umbrella
- yo-yo
- six
- soap
- saw
- u
- t
- zero
- tub
- van
- sun
- watch
- w
- z
- watch
- soap
- wave
- umbrella
- up
- t
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