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