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