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 “sock”? (a) soap (b) tiger (c) zero
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) up (b) saw (c) tomato
- 3.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) turtle (b) yarn (c) up
- 4.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) u (c) y
- 5.0️⃣ _ero — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) z (c) v
- 6.Which picture starts like “volcano”? (a) van (b) saw (c) soap
- 7.Which picture starts like “zip”? (a) zero (b) yo-yo (c) tomato
- 8.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) tooth (b) saw (c) umbrella
- 9.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) box (b) window (c) yo-yo
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) sun (b) tea (c) van
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) six (b) saw (c) zip
- 12.🦓 _ebra — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) v (c) z
- 13.Which picture starts like “van”? (a) violin (b) tooth (c) tap
- 14.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) turkey (b) zip (c) fox
- 15.🍵 _ea — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) t (c) w
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) web (b) wolf (c) umbrella
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) tea (b) zero (c) wolf
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) tub (b) six (c) yawn
- 19.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) sun (b) six (c) turkey
- 20.Which picture starts like “six”? (a) tent (b) ten (c) sock
- 21.6️⃣ _ix — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) s (c) u
- 22.Which picture starts like “saw”? (a) sun (b) tiger (c) wave
- 23.🍅 _omato — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) w (c) t
- 24.Which picture starts like “soap”? (a) torch (b) zip (c) sun
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) yarn (b) wave (c) tomato
- 26.🎻 _iolin — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) s (c) w
- 27.Which picture starts like “tap”? (a) van (b) tooth (c) yo-yo
- 28.Which picture starts like “watch”? (a) yo-yo (b) violin (c) window
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) soap (b) violin (c) zero
- 30.🦃 _urkey — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) w (c) u
- 31.Which picture starts like “tiger”? (a) saw (b) tomato (c) soap
- 32.Which picture starts like “soap”? (a) sock (b) tiger (c) volcano
- 33.Which picture starts like “sun”? (a) sock (b) yarn (c) watch
- 34.Which picture starts like “tent”? (a) wave (b) umbrella (c) turtle
- 35.Which picture starts like “watch”? (a) turkey (b) wave (c) sun
- 36.Which picture starts like “tap”? (a) tiger (b) wave (c) window
- 37.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) wave (b) tooth (c) zip
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) six (b) violin (c) yawn
- 39.🪟 _indow — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) s (c) w
- 40.🍉 _atermelon — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) t (c) z
Answer key
- soap
- up
- up
- y
- z
- van
- zero
- umbrella
- box
- tea
- zip
- z
- violin
- fox
- t
- umbrella
- zero
- six
- six
- sock
- s
- sun
- t
- sun
- wave
- v
- tooth
- window
- soap
- t
- tomato
- sock
- sock
- turtle
- wave
- tiger
- zip
- violin
- w
- w
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