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.🎻 _iolin — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) u (c) v
- 2.🔦 _orch — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) s (c) t
- 3.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) soap (b) zip (c) box
- 4.🦃 _urkey — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) y (c) t
- 5.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) y (c) w
- 6.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) up (b) ox (c) yo-yo
- 7.🤐 _ip — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) t (c) z
- 8.🚐 _an — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) t (c) v
- 9.Which picture starts like “six”? (a) yo-yo (b) tap (c) saw
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) watch (b) turkey (c) sock
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) tooth (b) umbrella (c) violin
- 12.🪚 _aw — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) u (c) z
- 13.🍅 _omato — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) w (c) s
- 14.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) watch (b) torch (c) six
- 15.🚰 _ap — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) z (c) t
- 16.🧦 _ock — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) v (c) s
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) wave (b) six (c) yarn
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) yarn (b) up (c) tent
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) van (b) wolf (c) yo-yo
- 20.Which picture starts like “yawn”? (a) wave (b) torch (c) yo-yo
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) tooth (b) sun (c) tiger
- 22.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) up (b) saw (c) turkey
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) soap (b) zebra (c) tap
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zero (b) saw (c) sun
- 25.Which picture starts like “ten”? (a) window (b) tiger (c) sun
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) ten (b) umbrella (c) zip
- 27.Which picture starts like “van”? (a) turkey (b) violin (c) torch
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) up (b) zero (c) tooth
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) sock (b) tent (c) volcano
- 30.☂️ _mbrella — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) y (c) s
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) volcano (b) saw (c) tiger
- 32.⬆️ _p — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) u (c) t
- 33.🐺 _olf — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) v (c) w
- 34.Which picture starts like “van”? (a) tub (b) volcano (c) yo-yo
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) van (b) zebra (c) turtle
- 36.Which picture starts like “web”? (a) turkey (b) van (c) wave
- 37.Which picture starts like “soap”? (a) six (b) web (c) turtle
- 38.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) umbrella (b) van (c) sun
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) turtle (b) sun (c) zip
- 40.🍉 _atermelon — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) s (c) w
Answer key
- v
- t
- box
- t
- y
- ox
- z
- v
- saw
- turkey
- tooth
- s
- t
- six
- t
- s
- six
- tent
- van
- yo-yo
- sun
- up
- zebra
- zero
- tiger
- umbrella
- violin
- up
- sock
- u
- saw
- u
- w
- volcano
- turtle
- wave
- six
- umbrella
- zip
- w
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