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) yarn (b) web (c) volcano
- 2.☀️ _un — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) s (c) y
- 3.⛺ _ent — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) t (c) z
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) saw (b) zero (c) yo-yo
- 5.🪀 _o-yo — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) t (c) y
- 6.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) box (b) zip (c) window
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) umbrella (b) volcano (c) watch
- 8.Which picture starts like “tent”? (a) zip (b) turkey (c) yawn
- 9.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) violin (b) six (c) yarn
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) watch (b) tiger (c) saw
- 11.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) t (c) y
- 12.🥱 _awn — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) v (c) y
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) wolf (b) volcano (c) tap
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) van (b) zip (c) yawn
- 15.Which picture starts like “wave”? (a) web (b) tiger (c) tub
- 16.6️⃣ _ix — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) s (c) w
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) van (b) wave (c) watch
- 18.Which picture starts like “sun”? (a) soap (b) tiger (c) wolf
- 19.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) umbrella (b) window (c) sun
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) tomato (b) umbrella (c) sun
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) ten (b) zip (c) wolf
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) saw (b) zebra (c) van
- 23.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tap (b) turkey (c) fox
- 24.Which picture starts like “violin”? (a) yo-yo (b) volcano (c) tomato
- 25.Which picture starts like “violin”? (a) tap (b) zip (c) van
- 26.🚰 _ap — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) t (c) s
- 27.🦓 _ebra — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) z (c) t
- 28.⬆️ _p — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) t (c) u
- 29.⌚ _atch — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) w (c) u
- 30.Which picture starts like “zip”? (a) tub (b) tap (c) zebra
- 31.🚐 _an — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) v (c) s
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) van (b) zip (c) tiger
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) window (b) sock (c) tap
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zip (b) up (c) tomato
- 35.🧦 _ock — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) w (c) s
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) wolf (b) tomato (c) sun
- 37.Which picture starts like “yawn”? (a) umbrella (b) van (c) yo-yo
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) soap (b) watermelon (c) up
- 39.Which picture starts like “torch”? (a) watch (b) tooth (c) yarn
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) sun (b) tub (c) sock
Answer key
- yarn
- s
- t
- zero
- y
- box
- watch
- turkey
- six
- saw
- y
- y
- wolf
- yawn
- web
- s
- van
- soap
- umbrella
- tomato
- ten
- zebra
- fox
- volcano
- van
- t
- z
- u
- w
- zebra
- v
- tiger
- tap
- zip
- s
- sun
- yo-yo
- watermelon
- tooth
- tub
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