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 “yo-yo”? (a) soap (b) watch (c) yarn
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) violin (b) saw (c) torch
- 3.🧼 _oap — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) w (c) s
- 4.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tooth (b) tomato (c) box
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) tea (b) soap (c) yarn
- 6.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) y (c) u
- 7.🍉 _atermelon — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) w (c) z
- 8.6️⃣ _ix — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) s (c) t
- 9.Which picture starts like “web”? (a) saw (b) window (c) umbrella
- 10.⌚ _atch — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) w (c) z
- 11.Which picture starts like “yarn”? (a) van (b) turtle (c) yawn
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) window (b) saw (c) watermelon
- 13.Which picture starts like “yawn”? (a) yo-yo (b) umbrella (c) turtle
- 14.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) volcano (b) watch (c) up
- 15.Which picture starts like “tub”? (a) umbrella (b) violin (c) tomato
- 16.Which picture starts like “watermelon”? (a) soap (b) web (c) violin
- 17.Which picture starts like “six”? (a) tea (b) wolf (c) sun
- 18.Which picture starts like “tent”? (a) tooth (b) sock (c) six
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) umbrella (b) zero (c) volcano
- 20.Which picture starts like “van”? (a) violin (b) tiger (c) torch
- 21.☂️ _mbrella — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) y (c) u
- 22.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) watch (b) six (c) umbrella
- 23.Which picture starts like “sock”? (a) ten (b) sun (c) up
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) tomato (b) umbrella (c) yo-yo
- 25.Which picture starts like “soap”? (a) yarn (b) saw (c) zip
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zip (b) wave (c) ten
- 27.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) up (b) ten (c) fox
- 28.Which picture starts like “violin”? (a) wolf (b) up (c) van
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) sock (b) watermelon (c) volcano
- 30.Which picture starts like “six”? (a) watermelon (b) wave (c) saw
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) zebra (b) ten (c) sock
- 32.⬆️ _p — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) u (c) t
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) volcano (b) ten (c) wave
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) tiger (b) tooth (c) wolf
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) yawn (b) torch (c) wave
- 36.🍵 _ea — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) w (c) t
- 37.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) umbrella (b) van (c) yawn
- 38.0️⃣ _ero — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) z (c) s
- 39.🐯 _iger — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) s (c) u
- 40.Which picture starts like “van”? (a) tub (b) volcano (c) tea
Answer key
- yarn
- violin
- s
- box
- yarn
- y
- w
- s
- window
- w
- yawn
- saw
- yo-yo
- up
- tomato
- web
- sun
- tooth
- zero
- violin
- u
- six
- sun
- yo-yo
- saw
- zip
- fox
- van
- volcano
- saw
- sock
- u
- ten
- wolf
- yawn
- t
- umbrella
- z
- t
- volcano
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