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