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