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