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 ends with the letter “x”? (a) six (b) window (c) tub
- 2.🛁 _ub — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) y (c) v
- 3.0️⃣ _ero — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) z (c) v
- 4.Which picture starts like “yo-yo”? (a) soap (b) yawn (c) zip
- 5.Which picture starts like “van”? (a) volcano (b) sock (c) saw
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) zip (b) tea (c) up
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) torch (b) yo-yo (c) six
- 8.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) ox (b) soap (c) volcano
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) soap (b) watermelon (c) zero
- 10.Which picture starts like “soap”? (a) sock (b) window (c) wave
- 11.Which picture starts like “violin”? (a) zebra (b) van (c) wave
- 12.Which picture starts like “web”? (a) tap (b) tea (c) watch
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) tooth (b) turtle (c) yarn
- 14.⌚ _atch — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) u (c) w
- 15.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) web (b) torch (c) zip
- 16.Which picture starts like “volcano”? (a) saw (b) tiger (c) van
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) volcano (b) sun (c) tent
- 18.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) u (c) y
- 19.🐺 _olf — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) z (c) u
- 20.Which picture starts like “tooth”? (a) umbrella (b) violin (c) ten
- 21.Which picture starts like “tap”? (a) watermelon (b) yo-yo (c) torch
- 22.🚐 _an — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) y (c) v
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) tooth (b) van (c) yo-yo
- 24.🪚 _aw — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) u (c) v
- 25.Which picture starts like “yo-yo”? (a) yarn (b) six (c) tomato
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) yarn (b) tea (c) violin
- 27.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) umbrella (b) wolf (c) soap
- 28.🎻 _iolin — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) y (c) v
- 29.🦓 _ebra — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) u (c) z
- 30.🧦 _ock — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) s (c) z
- 31.Which picture starts like “watch”? (a) zero (b) up (c) web
- 32.🪀 _o-yo — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) w (c) t
- 33.🌋 _olcano — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) v (c) u
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) saw (b) van (c) window
- 35.Which picture starts like “saw”? (a) tiger (b) wave (c) sock
- 36.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) fox (b) watermelon (c) tomato
- 37.🕸️ _eb — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) t (c) u
- 38.Which picture starts like “wave”? (a) sock (b) van (c) window
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) sun (b) turkey (c) wolf
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) van (b) torch (c) web
Answer key
- six
- t
- z
- yawn
- volcano
- up
- yo-yo
- ox
- zero
- sock
- van
- watch
- yarn
- w
- zip
- van
- volcano
- y
- w
- ten
- torch
- v
- van
- s
- yarn
- violin
- umbrella
- v
- z
- s
- web
- y
- v
- saw
- sock
- fox
- w
- window
- wolf
- torch
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