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 “saw”? (a) wave (b) up (c) six
- 2.Which picture starts like “zero”? (a) sock (b) zip (c) soap
- 3.Which picture starts like “violin”? (a) watermelon (b) turtle (c) volcano
- 4.Which picture starts like “saw”? (a) yo-yo (b) sun (c) up
- 5.0️⃣ _ero — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) w (c) t
- 6.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) zip (b) ten (c) box
- 7.🦃 _urkey — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) t (c) z
- 8.⬆️ _p — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) u (c) v
- 9.Which picture starts like “web”? (a) up (b) wolf (c) violin
- 10.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) turkey (b) up (c) torch
- 11.Which picture starts like “yarn”? (a) tap (b) yo-yo (c) window
- 12.Which picture starts like “ten”? (a) tap (b) up (c) sock
- 13.🦓 _ebra — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) w (c) z
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) zero (b) tub (c) zebra
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) soap (b) wave (c) umbrella
- 16.Which picture starts like “yo-yo”? (a) up (b) yawn (c) wave
- 17.🌋 _olcano — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) z (c) y
- 18.🧼 _oap — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) w (c) s
- 19.Which picture starts like “tent”? (a) sock (b) tea (c) watch
- 20.Which picture starts like “web”? (a) window (b) zero (c) tomato
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) watch (b) zip (c) six
- 22.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) six (b) zip (c) wolf
- 23.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) van (b) tooth (c) ox
- 24.Which picture starts like “saw”? (a) van (b) yawn (c) sock
- 25.🐯 _iger — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) t (c) y
- 26.Which picture starts like “window”? (a) watch (b) zero (c) tea
- 27.Which picture starts like “van”? (a) tea (b) volcano (c) ten
- 28.Which picture starts like “six”? (a) zip (b) wave (c) sock
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) window (b) watch (c) tooth
- 30.Which picture starts like “tomato”? (a) tub (b) umbrella (c) zebra
- 31.Which picture starts like “tooth”? (a) tub (b) yarn (c) van
- 32.Which picture starts like “yawn”? (a) yarn (b) tooth (c) wave
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) van (b) web (c) tent
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) yarn (b) window (c) tap
- 35.Which picture starts like “six”? (a) tub (b) violin (c) saw
- 36.☀️ _un — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) u (c) y
- 37.Which picture starts like “volcano”? (a) wolf (b) van (c) tap
- 38.🚐 _an — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) t (c) w
- 39.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) zip (b) yarn (c) sun
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) sun (b) wave (c) van
Answer key
- six
- zip
- volcano
- sun
- z
- box
- t
- u
- wolf
- up
- yo-yo
- tap
- z
- tub
- umbrella
- yawn
- v
- s
- tea
- window
- zip
- six
- ox
- sock
- t
- watch
- volcano
- sock
- tooth
- tub
- tub
- yarn
- web
- tap
- saw
- s
- van
- v
- zip
- sun
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