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) yawn (b) sock (c) watch
- 2.Which picture starts like “soap”? (a) ten (b) sock (c) window
- 3.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) t (c) s
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) window (b) sun (c) yarn
- 5.🐺 _olf — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) v (c) w
- 6.Which picture starts like “sun”? (a) soap (b) tub (c) violin
- 7.🔦 _orch — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) w (c) t
- 8.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tent (b) up (c) fox
- 9.🍉 _atermelon — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) u (c) w
- 10.Which picture starts like “van”? (a) volcano (b) sock (c) yo-yo
- 11.🪚 _aw — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) s (c) w
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) sock (b) up (c) window
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) violin (b) wave (c) sun
- 14.Which picture starts like “sun”? (a) tub (b) violin (c) sock
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) saw (b) tub (c) turtle
- 16.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) ox (b) tiger (c) soap
- 17.Which picture starts like “torch”? (a) web (b) tub (c) wolf
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) violin (b) zebra (c) window
- 19.Which picture starts like “volcano”? (a) wolf (b) violin (c) zero
- 20.🐢 _urtle — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) s (c) u
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) van (b) yarn (c) zebra
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) sock (b) zebra (c) tent
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zero (b) soap (c) window
- 24.⬆️ _p — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) u (c) v
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) saw (b) tea (c) zip
- 26.6️⃣ _ix — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) v (c) t
- 27.🦓 _ebra — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) t (c) z
- 28.🌊 _ave — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) t (c) w
- 29.Which picture starts like “tap”? (a) soap (b) tea (c) zip
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) volcano (b) watch (c) torch
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) yawn (b) umbrella (c) sun
- 32.Which picture starts like “yawn”? (a) tap (b) yo-yo (c) tooth
- 33.🌋 _olcano — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) t (c) v
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) sock (b) tomato (c) wolf
- 35.🧼 _oap — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) s (c) u
- 36.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) zero (b) turkey (c) yarn
- 37.Which picture starts like “zero”? (a) sock (b) zip (c) watermelon
- 38.🪀 _o-yo — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) y (c) w
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) umbrella (b) window (c) six
- 40.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) up (b) turkey (c) wave
Answer key
- yawn
- sock
- y
- yarn
- w
- soap
- t
- fox
- w
- volcano
- s
- up
- sun
- sock
- saw
- ox
- tub
- window
- violin
- t
- zebra
- tent
- zero
- u
- zip
- s
- z
- w
- tea
- torch
- umbrella
- yo-yo
- v
- tomato
- s
- zero
- zip
- y
- six
- up
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