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.🍅 _omato — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) s (c) t
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) soap (b) tap (c) yarn
- 3.Which picture starts like “saw”? (a) tooth (b) watermelon (c) six
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) up (b) six (c) tomato
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) yarn (b) web (c) tiger
- 6.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) y (c) z
- 7.🌋 _olcano — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) t (c) w
- 8.Which picture starts like “web”? (a) tooth (b) saw (c) window
- 9.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tub (b) watermelon (c) ox
- 10.🪚 _aw — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) y (c) s
- 11.🚐 _an — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) u (c) v
- 12.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) ten (b) box (c) sun
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) van (b) yo-yo (c) up
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) yarn (b) ten (c) zip
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zero (b) volcano (c) web
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) violin (b) umbrella (c) tiger
- 17.6️⃣ _ix — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) s (c) t
- 18.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) six (b) tent (c) tea
- 19.🔟 _en — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) w (c) t
- 20.🧦 _ock — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) s (c) w
- 21.Which picture starts like “sun”? (a) tooth (b) soap (c) zero
- 22.Which picture starts like “yarn”? (a) yawn (b) ten (c) zero
- 23.Which picture starts like “yo-yo”? (a) tap (b) saw (c) yarn
- 24.Which picture starts like “sock”? (a) saw (b) zip (c) turtle
- 25.☀️ _un — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) y (c) t
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) tub (b) zip (c) sun
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) zip (b) turkey (c) watermelon
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) yo-yo (b) zero (c) turtle
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) tap (b) tea (c) up
- 30.🦷 _ooth — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) z (c) w
- 31.🥱 _awn — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) t (c) s
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) tooth (b) web (c) wave
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) umbrella (b) six (c) soap
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) sock (b) tub (c) yarn
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) tub (b) watermelon (c) sock
- 36.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) sun (b) watch (c) fox
- 37.Which picture starts like “violin”? (a) van (b) zebra (c) tea
- 38.Which picture starts like “volcano”? (a) sock (b) violin (c) up
- 39.0️⃣ _ero — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) z (c) u
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) zip (b) saw (c) umbrella
Answer key
- t
- soap
- six
- six
- web
- y
- v
- window
- ox
- s
- v
- box
- van
- zip
- zero
- violin
- s
- six
- t
- s
- soap
- yawn
- yarn
- saw
- s
- sun
- watermelon
- yo-yo
- up
- t
- y
- tooth
- umbrella
- sock
- tub
- fox
- van
- violin
- z
- saw
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