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.🐯 _iger — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) t (c) u
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zero (b) tent (c) volcano
- 3.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) yarn (b) ten (c) six
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) saw (b) zip (c) tomato
- 5.Which picture starts like “six”? (a) turkey (b) saw (c) volcano
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) turkey (b) up (c) yarn
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) umbrella (b) tub (c) yarn
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) tap (b) sun (c) web
- 9.🍅 _omato — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) v (c) t
- 10.☂️ _mbrella — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) u (c) s
- 11.⌚ _atch — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) w (c) s
- 12.🕸️ _eb — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) y (c) w
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) tent (b) tomato (c) watermelon
- 14.🤐 _ip — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) y (c) z
- 15.Which picture starts like “zip”? (a) tub (b) zebra (c) van
- 16.⬆️ _p — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) u (c) w
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) yawn (b) sun (c) zip
- 18.🥱 _awn — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) z (c) y
- 19.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) zero (b) van (c) ten
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) volcano (b) tent (c) watermelon
- 21.Which picture starts like “saw”? (a) turtle (b) sun (c) ten
- 22.🪟 _indow — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) t (c) w
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) turtle (b) umbrella (c) soap
- 24.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) ox (b) tomato (c) violin
- 25.Which picture starts like “soap”? (a) zero (b) yarn (c) sun
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) saw (b) soap (c) zebra
- 27.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) zebra (b) box (c) zip
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) volcano (b) six (c) up
- 29.Which picture starts like “violin”? (a) soap (b) window (c) van
- 30.🌊 _ave — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) s (c) w
- 31.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) u (c) t
- 32.Which picture starts like “yawn”? (a) tub (b) yo-yo (c) turkey
- 33.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) watermelon (b) zebra (c) fox
- 34.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) umbrella (b) tea (c) sun
- 35.Which picture starts like “soap”? (a) wolf (b) sock (c) yawn
- 36.🦃 _urkey — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) u (c) t
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) yawn (b) zebra (c) watch
- 38.🔦 _orch — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) w (c) z
- 39.🚐 _an — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) u (c) v
- 40.Which picture starts like “saw”? (a) yawn (b) six (c) zebra
Answer key
- t
- zero
- six
- saw
- saw
- up
- yarn
- sun
- t
- u
- w
- w
- watermelon
- z
- zebra
- u
- yawn
- y
- zero
- tent
- sun
- w
- soap
- ox
- sun
- zebra
- box
- volcano
- van
- w
- y
- yo-yo
- fox
- umbrella
- sock
- t
- watch
- t
- v
- six
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