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 “up”? (a) umbrella (b) window (c) wolf
- 2.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) s (c) y
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) violin (b) yawn (c) six
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) sun (b) web (c) tomato
- 5.Which picture starts like “yarn”? (a) sock (b) zebra (c) yawn
- 6.🦓 _ebra — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) t (c) z
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) yarn (b) sock (c) wolf
- 8.Which picture starts like “sock”? (a) saw (b) tent (c) watermelon
- 9.0️⃣ _ero — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) z (c) v
- 10.Which picture starts like “van”? (a) tub (b) zip (c) volcano
- 11.⬆️ _p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) s (c) w
- 12.Which picture starts like “wolf”? (a) watermelon (b) umbrella (c) six
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) up (b) window (c) watermelon
- 14.☂️ _mbrella — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) s (c) u
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) window (b) tiger (c) zero
- 16.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tap (b) web (c) fox
- 17.Which picture starts like “soap”? (a) tomato (b) saw (c) violin
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) sock (b) tomato (c) torch
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) tomato (b) yawn (c) soap
- 20.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) up (b) ten (c) web
- 21.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) turtle (b) box (c) turkey
- 22.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) six (b) van (c) soap
- 23.🐢 _urtle — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) t (c) v
- 24.Which picture starts like “turkey”? (a) tooth (b) watch (c) van
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) saw (b) torch (c) turtle
- 26.🪚 _aw — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) s (c) v
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) watermelon (b) tiger (c) soap
- 28.🪀 _o-yo — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) s (c) v
- 29.🌊 _ave — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) t (c) w
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) watch (b) tea (c) zip
- 31.🦃 _urkey — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) y (c) v
- 32.🛁 _ub — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) y (c) w
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) window (b) ten (c) zebra
- 34.Which picture starts like “yarn”? (a) yo-yo (b) zebra (c) watch
- 35.Which picture starts like “sun”? (a) window (b) soap (c) zero
- 36.Which picture starts like “van”? (a) violin (b) tooth (c) ten
- 37.Which picture starts like “tub”? (a) yo-yo (b) ten (c) van
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) tub (b) volcano (c) zebra
- 39.Which picture starts like “saw”? (a) tent (b) watermelon (c) sun
- 40.Which picture starts like “violin”? (a) turtle (b) tooth (c) van
Answer key
- umbrella
- y
- yawn
- sun
- yawn
- z
- yarn
- saw
- z
- volcano
- u
- watermelon
- up
- u
- zero
- fox
- saw
- sock
- soap
- up
- box
- six
- t
- tooth
- saw
- s
- tiger
- y
- w
- zip
- t
- t
- ten
- yo-yo
- soap
- violin
- ten
- zebra
- sun
- van
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