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 “tap”? (a) ten (b) soap (c) web
- 2.☀️ _un — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) z (c) u
- 3.🚐 _an — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) v (c) y
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) ten (b) tomato (c) van
- 5.☂️ _mbrella — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) u (c) v
- 6.Which picture starts like “saw”? (a) sock (b) watch (c) tap
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) window (b) tomato (c) tooth
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) violin (b) zip (c) wave
- 9.Which picture starts like “zip”? (a) tea (b) turkey (c) zero
- 10.Which picture starts like “wolf”? (a) wave (b) volcano (c) zero
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) sock (b) saw (c) wolf
- 12.Which picture starts like “wolf”? (a) yawn (b) turkey (c) web
- 13.Which picture starts like “window”? (a) watch (b) tiger (c) volcano
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) tiger (b) zero (c) yo-yo
- 15.⬆️ _p — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) u (c) z
- 16.🌋 _olcano — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) v (c) w
- 17.🔦 _orch — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) w (c) v
- 18.Which picture starts like “zero”? (a) yo-yo (b) zebra (c) yawn
- 19.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) zebra (b) torch (c) six
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) wolf (b) soap (c) yarn
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) sun (b) watch (c) ten
- 22.Which picture starts like “wave”? (a) tent (b) tomato (c) window
- 23.🌊 _ave — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) t (c) w
- 24.Which picture starts like “yawn”? (a) watch (b) turkey (c) yarn
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) torch (b) yarn (c) van
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zebra (b) yarn (c) web
- 27.Which picture starts like “zip”? (a) umbrella (b) ten (c) zebra
- 28.Which picture starts like “six”? (a) sock (b) window (c) watermelon
- 29.🧼 _oap — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) y (c) u
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zero (b) violin (c) wolf
- 31.🎻 _iolin — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) v (c) y
- 32.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) umbrella (b) tub (c) yawn
- 33.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) zero (b) torch (c) up
- 34.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) van (b) box (c) yawn
- 35.0️⃣ _ero — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) v (c) z
- 36.🕸️ _eb — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) y (c) z
- 37.Which picture starts like “volcano”? (a) van (b) tooth (c) soap
- 38.Which picture starts like “tap”? (a) saw (b) up (c) tea
- 39.🪚 _aw — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) y (c) s
- 40.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) sun (b) yawn (c) fox
Answer key
- ten
- s
- v
- van
- u
- sock
- window
- zip
- zero
- wave
- wolf
- web
- watch
- yo-yo
- u
- v
- t
- zebra
- six
- soap
- watch
- window
- w
- yarn
- yarn
- zebra
- zebra
- sock
- s
- zero
- v
- umbrella
- up
- box
- z
- w
- van
- tea
- s
- fox
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