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