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