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 “s”? (a) saw (b) yarn (c) ten
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) six (b) yo-yo (c) van
- 3.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tea (b) ten (c) six
- 4.🦃 _urkey — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) y (c) w
- 5.🐯 _iger — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) u (c) t
- 6.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) v (c) y
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) up (b) saw (c) turtle
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) window (b) watermelon (c) up
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) soap (b) sun (c) tap
- 10.Which picture starts like “web”? (a) tiger (b) wolf (c) turkey
- 11.Which picture starts like “sun”? (a) sock (b) tooth (c) yo-yo
- 12.🎻 _iolin — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) t (c) v
- 13.🦓 _ebra — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) z (c) s
- 14.⬆️ _p — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) s (c) u
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) soap (b) zebra (c) umbrella
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) turkey (b) sock (c) zero
- 17.Which picture starts like “tiger”? (a) torch (b) sock (c) volcano
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) van (b) six (c) ten
- 19.Which picture starts like “yo-yo”? (a) yarn (b) up (c) tiger
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) six (b) ten (c) watch
- 21.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) van (b) web (c) umbrella
- 22.Which picture starts like “sun”? (a) saw (b) web (c) tap
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) tiger (b) soap (c) yawn
- 24.🚰 _ap — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) t (c) z
- 25.6️⃣ _ix — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) s (c) v
- 26.Which picture starts like “wave”? (a) ten (b) watch (c) zero
- 27.Which picture starts like “window”? (a) volcano (b) watermelon (c) yarn
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) wolf (b) saw (c) tooth
- 29.⛺ _ent — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) w (c) t
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) tooth (b) yawn (c) umbrella
- 31.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) box (b) sock (c) sun
- 32.🧼 _oap — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) y (c) u
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) yarn (b) sock (c) zip
- 34.🥱 _awn — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) t (c) s
- 35.Which picture starts like “zero”? (a) zip (b) turtle (c) tiger
- 36.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) wave (b) zip (c) wolf
- 37.Which picture starts like “van”? (a) sun (b) tiger (c) volcano
- 38.Which picture starts like “van”? (a) tea (b) violin (c) torch
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) van (b) web (c) watermelon
- 40.🪟 _indow — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) w (c) y
Answer key
- saw
- yo-yo
- six
- t
- t
- y
- turtle
- up
- tap
- wolf
- sock
- v
- z
- u
- zebra
- zero
- torch
- six
- yarn
- watch
- umbrella
- saw
- tiger
- t
- s
- watch
- watermelon
- wolf
- t
- umbrella
- box
- s
- zip
- y
- zip
- zip
- volcano
- violin
- van
- w
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