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 “violin”? (a) sun (b) umbrella (c) van
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) up (b) sun (c) tiger
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) wolf (b) zero (c) sock
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) sun (b) web (c) umbrella
- 5.🧼 _oap — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) s (c) u
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zebra (b) yarn (c) watermelon
- 7.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) zip (b) six (c) torch
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) watermelon (b) umbrella (c) ten
- 9.Which picture starts like “tea”? (a) zip (b) sock (c) tap
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) zero (b) torch (c) yarn
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) up (b) watermelon (c) violin
- 12.Which picture starts like “turtle”? (a) tea (b) six (c) sock
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) soap (b) zebra (c) van
- 14.Which picture starts like “volcano”? (a) up (b) soap (c) van
- 15.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) sock (b) tiger (c) ox
- 16.🪚 _aw — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) u (c) w
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) wave (b) tea (c) six
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) yarn (b) wave (c) soap
- 19.Which picture starts like “zip”? (a) violin (b) zebra (c) van
- 20.🚰 _ap — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) t (c) v
- 21.☂️ _mbrella — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) u (c) y
- 22.Which picture starts like “yo-yo”? (a) zebra (b) tooth (c) yawn
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) up (b) yawn (c) watermelon
- 24.🌋 _olcano — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) y (c) t
- 25.0️⃣ _ero — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) z (c) v
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) yo-yo (b) saw (c) tooth
- 27.🚐 _an — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) z (c) v
- 28.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tiger (b) six (c) torch
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) tooth (b) up (c) zebra
- 30.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) soap (b) umbrella (c) turtle
- 31.🐺 _olf — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) t (c) w
- 32.Which picture starts like “watch”? (a) turtle (b) tap (c) wave
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) volcano (b) soap (c) turtle
- 34.🥱 _awn — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) s (c) u
- 35.☀️ _un — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) y (c) s
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) wolf (b) tiger (c) ten
- 37.Which picture starts like “watch”? (a) zebra (b) zip (c) wolf
- 38.🦷 _ooth — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) y (c) t
- 39.Which picture starts like “tap”? (a) watermelon (b) saw (c) torch
- 40.🤐 _ip — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) z (c) u
Answer key
- van
- sun
- zero
- web
- s
- zebra
- zip
- umbrella
- tap
- torch
- violin
- tea
- van
- van
- ox
- s
- wave
- yarn
- zebra
- t
- u
- yawn
- yawn
- v
- z
- saw
- v
- six
- up
- umbrella
- w
- wave
- volcano
- y
- s
- wolf
- wolf
- t
- torch
- z
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