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 “zip”? (a) ten (b) tent (c) zero
- 2.Which picture starts like “watch”? (a) window (b) tent (c) zip
- 3.0️⃣ _ero — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) z (c) s
- 4.🥱 _awn — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) y (c) w
- 5.Which picture starts like “wave”? (a) tub (b) yarn (c) watermelon
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) tap (b) saw (c) web
- 7.🪀 _o-yo — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) y (c) w
- 8.Which picture starts like “saw”? (a) window (b) soap (c) volcano
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) volcano (b) zebra (c) tiger
- 10.☂️ _mbrella — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) z (c) u
- 11.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) turkey (b) yo-yo (c) ox
- 12.🛁 _ub — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) t (c) v
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) wolf (b) yo-yo (c) watch
- 14.🍉 _atermelon — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) z (c) t
- 15.Which picture starts like “wolf”? (a) turtle (b) yo-yo (c) window
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) saw (b) window (c) tooth
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) turkey (b) tiger (c) soap
- 18.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tiger (b) ten (c) six
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) ten (b) violin (c) watermelon
- 20.Which picture starts like “six”? (a) ten (b) tent (c) sun
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) umbrella (b) zip (c) sun
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) tiger (b) zero (c) tent
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) tooth (b) wolf (c) yawn
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) wolf (b) yarn (c) six
- 25.🍵 _ea — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) y (c) t
- 26.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tomato (b) saw (c) box
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) tea (b) sun (c) van
- 28.Which picture starts like “violin”? (a) tiger (b) van (c) tea
- 29.Which picture starts like “van”? (a) yawn (b) tiger (c) violin
- 30.🦓 _ebra — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) u (c) z
- 31.🚐 _an — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) v (c) y
- 32.Which picture starts like “sock”? (a) torch (b) ten (c) six
- 33.Which picture starts like “web”? (a) violin (b) watch (c) yawn
- 34.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) saw (b) zip (c) up
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) ten (b) up (c) wave
- 36.Which picture starts like “volcano”? (a) wave (b) violin (c) six
- 37.Which picture starts like “turtle”? (a) sun (b) up (c) tap
- 38.Which picture starts like “saw”? (a) sun (b) turkey (c) wolf
- 39.🌋 _olcano — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) u (c) t
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) turkey (b) up (c) tomato
Answer key
- zero
- window
- z
- y
- watermelon
- web
- y
- soap
- volcano
- u
- ox
- t
- yo-yo
- w
- window
- window
- soap
- six
- watermelon
- sun
- zip
- zero
- yawn
- yarn
- t
- box
- sun
- van
- violin
- z
- v
- six
- watch
- up
- ten
- violin
- tap
- sun
- v
- up
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