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 “zero”? (a) ten (b) zebra (c) window
- 2.🌋 _olcano — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) t (c) v
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) tub (b) van (c) wolf
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) tomato (b) turkey (c) sock
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) tooth (b) umbrella (c) yawn
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) violin (b) saw (c) tea
- 7.🎻 _iolin — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) u (c) v
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) watch (b) van (c) up
- 9.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) w (c) z
- 10.🍉 _atermelon — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) u (c) s
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) tent (b) turkey (c) window
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) tomato (b) volcano (c) web
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) tub (b) zip (c) watch
- 14.🚐 _an — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) v (c) t
- 15.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) umbrella (b) sun (c) watch
- 16.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) watch (b) tiger (c) fox
- 17.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) six (b) saw (c) wave
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) six (b) wave (c) up
- 19.Which picture starts like “saw”? (a) sun (b) tiger (c) ten
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) sock (b) umbrella (c) violin
- 21.Which picture starts like “zip”? (a) wolf (b) watch (c) zebra
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) up (b) soap (c) tiger
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) tomato (b) soap (c) yo-yo
- 24.Which picture starts like “saw”? (a) soap (b) zebra (c) tooth
- 25.🐯 _iger — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) u (c) t
- 26.Which picture starts like “van”? (a) watermelon (b) zip (c) violin
- 27.Which picture starts like “sock”? (a) ten (b) six (c) wave
- 28.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) zip (b) tiger (c) up
- 29.🧦 _ock — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) w (c) y
- 30.Which picture starts like “zero”? (a) zip (b) six (c) watch
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) wolf (b) volcano (c) zip
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) tomato (b) sock (c) wolf
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) yo-yo (b) tent (c) umbrella
- 34.🪚 _aw — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) s (c) t
- 35.Which picture starts like “yo-yo”? (a) tub (b) yawn (c) tent
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) watermelon (b) tooth (c) torch
- 37.Which picture starts like “yawn”? (a) yo-yo (b) watch (c) tomato
- 38.Which picture starts like “web”? (a) wave (b) sun (c) yarn
- 39.Which picture starts like “six”? (a) web (b) saw (c) tooth
- 40.☂️ _mbrella — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) w (c) u
Answer key
- zebra
- v
- van
- sock
- yawn
- tea
- v
- watch
- y
- w
- window
- web
- tub
- v
- umbrella
- fox
- six
- six
- sun
- umbrella
- zebra
- up
- soap
- soap
- t
- violin
- six
- zip
- s
- zip
- volcano
- tomato
- yo-yo
- s
- yawn
- watermelon
- yo-yo
- wave
- saw
- u
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