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 word starts with the letter “t”? (a) soap (b) tooth (c) sun
- 2.Which picture starts like “yo-yo”? (a) yawn (b) watch (c) violin
- 3.🍅 _omato — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) w (c) t
- 4.Which picture starts like “wolf”? (a) sun (b) torch (c) web
- 5.🧼 _oap — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) v (c) t
- 6.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) ox (b) sock (c) watermelon
- 7.Which picture starts like “violin”? (a) van (b) ten (c) tub
- 8.Which picture starts like “tomato”? (a) tooth (b) yo-yo (c) six
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) turtle (b) sun (c) yarn
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) tap (b) up (c) tub
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) zebra (b) sock (c) wolf
- 12.🪀 _o-yo — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) u (c) y
- 13.Which picture starts like “zip”? (a) zero (b) ten (c) tomato
- 14.0️⃣ _ero — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) w (c) v
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) web (b) zebra (c) tiger
- 16.⛺ _ent — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) s (c) v
- 17.Which picture starts like “sun”? (a) wave (b) tomato (c) soap
- 18.Which picture starts like “sun”? (a) six (b) yawn (c) up
- 19.Which picture starts like “watermelon”? (a) tooth (b) wolf (c) sun
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) web (b) ten (c) tooth
- 21.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tiger (b) umbrella (c) box
- 22.⌚ _atch — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) w (c) t
- 23.🔦 _orch — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) t (c) z
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) up (b) tiger (c) watch
- 25.⬆️ _p — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) w (c) u
- 26.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) sun (b) watch (c) up
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) torch (b) window (c) sock
- 28.Which picture starts like “watch”? (a) watermelon (b) van (c) saw
- 29.Which picture starts like “tap”? (a) yo-yo (b) ten (c) wave
- 30.Which picture starts like “sun”? (a) tea (b) saw (c) zip
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) violin (b) tomato (c) zip
- 32.Which picture starts like “yarn”? (a) tap (b) web (c) yawn
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) ten (b) watch (c) up
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zero (b) tub (c) wave
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) turtle (b) up (c) zip
- 36.Which picture starts like “sock”? (a) six (b) tiger (c) watermelon
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) turtle (b) van (c) tooth
- 38.Which picture starts like “soap”? (a) tiger (b) ten (c) six
- 39.Which picture starts like “tiger”? (a) saw (b) tap (c) violin
- 40.Which picture starts like “tiger”? (a) wolf (b) tent (c) zebra
Answer key
- tooth
- yawn
- t
- web
- s
- ox
- van
- tooth
- yarn
- up
- sock
- y
- zero
- z
- tiger
- t
- soap
- six
- wolf
- web
- box
- w
- t
- watch
- u
- up
- torch
- watermelon
- ten
- saw
- violin
- yawn
- ten
- zero
- zip
- six
- van
- six
- tap
- tent
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