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 “yawn”? (a) yo-yo (b) wolf (c) watch
- 2.Which picture starts like “wolf”? (a) wave (b) tiger (c) volcano
- 3.🚐 _an — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) v (c) u
- 4.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) watermelon (b) up (c) fox
- 5.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) turkey (b) soap (c) box
- 6.Which picture starts like “volcano”? (a) tea (b) six (c) violin
- 7.🥱 _awn — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) y (c) s
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) zebra (b) tiger (c) up
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) violin (b) up (c) tub
- 10.Which picture starts like “sun”? (a) six (b) yo-yo (c) up
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) wolf (b) window (c) ten
- 12.☂️ _mbrella — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) u (c) v
- 13.Which picture starts like “tomato”? (a) tooth (b) wolf (c) van
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zip (b) six (c) saw
- 15.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) violin (b) six (c) van
- 16.Which picture starts like “violin”? (a) sock (b) tea (c) volcano
- 17.⬆️ _p — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) u (c) w
- 18.Which picture starts like “zip”? (a) tap (b) zebra (c) up
- 19.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) sock (b) tap (c) umbrella
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) wolf (b) ten (c) yarn
- 21.Which picture starts like “saw”? (a) tub (b) umbrella (c) sun
- 22.⛺ _ent — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) y (c) t
- 23.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) zero (b) watermelon (c) ten
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) wave (b) soap (c) umbrella
- 25.Which picture starts like “watermelon”? (a) wolf (b) tomato (c) sun
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) yarn (b) turtle (c) saw
- 27.🦓 _ebra — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) t (c) v
- 28.🧼 _oap — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) s (c) z
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) sun (b) turtle (c) web
- 30.🐢 _urtle — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) s (c) t
- 31.Which picture starts like “zip”? (a) umbrella (b) zero (c) wolf
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) watch (b) zip (c) tomato
- 33.Which picture starts like “yarn”? (a) web (b) soap (c) yawn
- 34.🪚 _aw — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) s (c) v
- 35.🪀 _o-yo — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) z (c) y
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) turkey (b) tooth (c) umbrella
- 37.🔟 _en — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) t (c) u
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) umbrella (b) up (c) zebra
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) violin (b) yawn (c) saw
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) up (b) window (c) turkey
Answer key
- yo-yo
- wave
- v
- fox
- box
- violin
- y
- up
- violin
- six
- ten
- u
- tooth
- zip
- six
- volcano
- u
- zebra
- umbrella
- wolf
- sun
- t
- zero
- soap
- wolf
- yarn
- z
- s
- sun
- t
- zero
- watch
- yawn
- s
- y
- umbrella
- t
- zebra
- yawn
- window
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