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