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 “v”? (a) tooth (b) tomato (c) volcano
- 2.🎻 _iolin — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) v (c) t
- 3.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) zebra (b) ten (c) fox
- 4.🛁 _ub — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) s (c) t
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zip (b) turkey (c) soap
- 6.🍵 _ea — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) s (c) t
- 7.Which picture starts like “volcano”? (a) violin (b) tent (c) sun
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) tooth (b) tap (c) watermelon
- 9.6️⃣ _ix — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) u (c) s
- 10.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) zero (b) tomato (c) violin
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) tub (b) web (c) yo-yo
- 12.Which picture starts like “soap”? (a) wave (b) violin (c) sock
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zebra (b) saw (c) tiger
- 14.Which picture starts like “wolf”? (a) torch (b) yo-yo (c) wave
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) torch (b) tomato (c) up
- 16.Which picture starts like “saw”? (a) soap (b) up (c) wave
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) yarn (b) tiger (c) sun
- 18.Which picture starts like “zip”? (a) zebra (b) watch (c) van
- 19.⬆️ _p — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) v (c) u
- 20.Which picture starts like “sun”? (a) watch (b) tent (c) saw
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) saw (b) yo-yo (c) torch
- 22.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tent (b) turkey (c) six
- 23.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) turtle (b) zero (c) box
- 24.Which picture starts like “volcano”? (a) van (b) tomato (c) sock
- 25.Which picture starts like “web”? (a) window (b) van (c) violin
- 26.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) yarn (b) turtle (c) ox
- 27.Which picture starts like “yawn”? (a) yo-yo (b) zip (c) tea
- 28.🐢 _urtle — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) t (c) z
- 29.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) up (b) watch (c) tomato
- 30.🍅 _omato — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) t (c) s
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) van (b) tomato (c) wave
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) up (b) window (c) tea
- 33.⌚ _atch — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) v (c) s
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) violin (b) yo-yo (c) zip
- 35.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) watch (b) zip (c) up
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) sock (b) van (c) tea
- 37.⛺ _ent — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) t (c) y
- 38.Which picture starts like “violin”? (a) sun (b) tub (c) volcano
- 39.🥱 _awn — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) s (c) y
- 40.Which picture starts like “van”? (a) sock (b) saw (c) volcano
Answer key
- volcano
- v
- fox
- t
- zip
- t
- violin
- watermelon
- s
- zero
- web
- sock
- zebra
- wave
- up
- soap
- sun
- zebra
- u
- saw
- yo-yo
- six
- box
- van
- window
- ox
- yo-yo
- t
- up
- t
- van
- window
- w
- violin
- zip
- tea
- t
- volcano
- y
- volcano
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