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 “wolf”? (a) saw (b) window (c) tomato
- 2.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) box (b) zero (c) window
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) tiger (b) watermelon (c) van
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) watch (b) volcano (c) zero
- 5.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) violin (b) turkey (c) ox
- 6.🎻 _iolin — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) z (c) t
- 7.☀️ _un — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) y (c) s
- 8.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) watermelon (b) up (c) saw
- 9.🦓 _ebra — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) z (c) t
- 10.Which picture starts like “tent”? (a) yarn (b) tomato (c) volcano
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) tea (b) sun (c) up
- 12.🐯 _iger — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) u (c) t
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) yo-yo (b) zebra (c) six
- 14.Which picture starts like “yawn”? (a) yo-yo (b) tomato (c) tub
- 15.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) violin (b) window (c) fox
- 16.Which picture starts like “zero”? (a) tent (b) six (c) zip
- 17.Which picture starts like “six”? (a) wolf (b) zebra (c) soap
- 18.Which picture starts like “yarn”? (a) watermelon (b) yawn (c) zero
- 19.🌋 _olcano — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) s (c) t
- 20.Which picture starts like “van”? (a) tomato (b) tiger (c) violin
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) zero (b) tea (c) umbrella
- 22.Which picture starts like “tub”? (a) soap (b) torch (c) sun
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) watermelon (b) violin (c) six
- 24.6️⃣ _ix — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) v (c) s
- 25.Which picture starts like “tomato”? (a) sock (b) yawn (c) tap
- 26.☂️ _mbrella — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) t (c) s
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) web (b) van (c) saw
- 28.⬆️ _p — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) w (c) u
- 29.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) turtle (b) umbrella (c) tomato
- 30.Which picture starts like “zip”? (a) saw (b) sock (c) zebra
- 31.🦷 _ooth — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) v (c) t
- 32.🌊 _ave — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) y (c) w
- 33.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) yawn (b) wolf (c) zip
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) volcano (b) tooth (c) tomato
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) tent (b) wolf (c) saw
- 36.🚐 _an — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) v (c) w
- 37.Which picture starts like “watermelon”? (a) window (b) zero (c) yo-yo
- 38.Which picture starts like “van”? (a) volcano (b) saw (c) tub
- 39.🕸️ _eb — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) v (c) y
- 40.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) six (b) wave (c) tomato
Answer key
- window
- box
- van
- zero
- ox
- v
- s
- up
- z
- tomato
- sun
- t
- zebra
- yo-yo
- fox
- zip
- soap
- yawn
- v
- violin
- umbrella
- torch
- violin
- s
- tap
- u
- web
- u
- umbrella
- zebra
- t
- w
- zip
- volcano
- saw
- v
- window
- volcano
- w
- six
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