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