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