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) watch (b) sun (c) turkey
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) tiger (b) zebra (c) up
- 3.🐢 _urtle — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) t (c) w
- 4.☀️ _un — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) u (c) z
- 5.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) up (b) torch (c) tent
- 6.🦓 _ebra — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) z (c) y
- 7.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) zebra (b) sun (c) box
- 8.Which picture starts like “watermelon”? (a) sun (b) zebra (c) watch
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) zebra (b) web (c) up
- 10.Which picture starts like “tiger”? (a) saw (b) tooth (c) up
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) yawn (b) zero (c) saw
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) sock (b) yawn (c) tooth
- 13.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) w (c) v
- 14.Which picture starts like “tomato”? (a) yarn (b) up (c) turtle
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) up (b) soap (c) tea
- 16.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) six (b) zip (c) sun
- 17.⌚ _atch — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) w (c) v
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zip (b) tiger (c) watermelon
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) tomato (b) watch (c) tub
- 20.Which picture starts like “turtle”? (a) wolf (b) soap (c) torch
- 21.Which picture starts like “saw”? (a) zebra (b) sock (c) zip
- 22.Which picture starts like “yarn”? (a) umbrella (b) yawn (c) violin
- 23.🪀 _o-yo — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) z (c) y
- 24.🤐 _ip — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) u (c) t
- 25.🥱 _awn — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) z (c) y
- 26.🐯 _iger — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) z (c) t
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) soap (b) zero (c) volcano
- 28.Which picture starts like “zip”? (a) six (b) ten (c) zero
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) web (b) tent (c) sock
- 30.🌋 _olcano — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) v (c) s
- 31.Which picture starts like “turkey”? (a) saw (b) yo-yo (c) turtle
- 32.Which picture starts like “window”? (a) watermelon (b) sock (c) saw
- 33.Which picture starts like “violin”? (a) window (b) volcano (c) ten
- 34.🧦 _ock — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) y (c) s
- 35.⛺ _ent — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) t (c) y
- 36.Which picture starts like “van”? (a) yo-yo (b) wolf (c) violin
- 37.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) tiger (b) wolf (c) umbrella
- 38.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) sun (b) web (c) ox
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) tea (b) umbrella (c) yarn
- 40.0️⃣ _ero — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) z (c) t
Answer key
- sun
- tiger
- t
- s
- up
- z
- box
- watch
- up
- tooth
- zero
- tooth
- y
- turtle
- tea
- six
- w
- zip
- watch
- torch
- sock
- yawn
- y
- z
- y
- t
- volcano
- zero
- sock
- v
- turtle
- watermelon
- volcano
- s
- t
- violin
- umbrella
- ox
- umbrella
- z
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