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 picture starts like “saw”? (a) sock (b) window (c) tiger
- 2.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) u (c) v
- 3.Which picture starts like “watch”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) wave
- 4.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) yawn (b) window (c) umbrella
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) tiger (b) yawn (c) watermelon
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) tooth (b) window (c) ten
- 7.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) box (b) sun (c) tooth
- 8.Which picture starts like “watch”? (a) yo-yo (b) watermelon (c) tooth
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) web (b) tomato (c) zebra
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) yawn (b) wolf (c) tomato
- 11.Which picture starts like “saw”? (a) wave (b) soap (c) turtle
- 12.⌚ _atch — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) s (c) y
- 13.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) fox (b) yarn (c) zip
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) watch (b) web (c) sock
- 15.🪀 _o-yo — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) s (c) y
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) tiger (b) yawn (c) six
- 17.Which picture starts like “window”? (a) torch (b) tomato (c) watermelon
- 18.Which picture starts like “web”? (a) yo-yo (b) watch (c) violin
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) yawn (b) zero (c) watch
- 20.Which picture starts like “six”? (a) wolf (b) torch (c) saw
- 21.🤐 _ip — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) s (c) y
- 22.Which picture starts like “volcano”? (a) van (b) tent (c) web
- 23.🥱 _awn — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) y (c) u
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) sun (b) up (c) tea
- 25.Which picture starts like “wave”? (a) torch (b) watch (c) zero
- 26.Which picture starts like “yo-yo”? (a) tiger (b) sock (c) yawn
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) wave (b) tiger (c) ten
- 28.Which picture starts like “van”? (a) volcano (b) turtle (c) tomato
- 29.6️⃣ _ix — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) v (c) s
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) tooth (b) watermelon (c) up
- 31.☂️ _mbrella — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) u (c) z
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) van (b) yarn (c) zebra
- 33.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) sock (b) ox (c) wolf
- 34.⬆️ _p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) v (c) t
- 35.Which picture starts like “violin”? (a) zero (b) zebra (c) van
- 36.Which picture starts like “van”? (a) violin (b) up (c) ten
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) yarn (b) zip (c) torch
- 38.🚐 _an — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) s (c) u
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) watch (b) torch (c) yo-yo
- 40.Which picture starts like “watermelon”? (a) watch (b) umbrella (c) yawn
Answer key
- sock
- y
- wave
- umbrella
- watermelon
- window
- box
- watermelon
- web
- tomato
- soap
- w
- fox
- sock
- y
- six
- watermelon
- watch
- watch
- saw
- z
- van
- y
- tea
- watch
- yawn
- wave
- volcano
- s
- up
- u
- zebra
- ox
- u
- van
- violin
- zip
- v
- yo-yo
- watch
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