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