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