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