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