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 “up”? (a) tomato (b) umbrella (c) violin
- 2.🪀 _o-yo — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) v (c) t
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) wolf (b) zebra (c) tooth
- 4.Which picture starts like “van”? (a) tent (b) up (c) volcano
- 5.🧦 _ock — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) v (c) s
- 6.Which picture starts like “window”? (a) tiger (b) ten (c) wolf
- 7.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tiger (b) zip (c) fox
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) up (b) tap (c) six
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) turtle (b) soap (c) wave
- 10.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) s (c) y
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) web (b) six (c) zebra
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) watermelon (b) torch (c) yarn
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) tiger (b) umbrella (c) yarn
- 14.🚰 _ap — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) v (c) y
- 15.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) ox (b) tomato (c) soap
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zebra (b) six (c) wave
- 17.🪚 _aw — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) t (c) s
- 18.Which picture starts like “tent”? (a) wolf (b) volcano (c) torch
- 19.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) tub (b) saw (c) zero
- 20.Which picture starts like “watermelon”? (a) tub (b) up (c) watch
- 21.Which picture starts like “saw”? (a) zebra (b) soap (c) watermelon
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) web (b) tiger (c) sock
- 23.🍵 _ea — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) y (c) u
- 24.🛁 _ub — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) u (c) t
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) six (b) up (c) tub
- 26.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) tap (b) tub (c) up
- 27.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tent (b) ten (c) six
- 28.Which picture starts like “soap”? (a) sun (b) yo-yo (c) turkey
- 29.🎻 _iolin — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) u (c) s
- 30.Which picture starts like “sock”? (a) ten (b) volcano (c) six
- 31.🍉 _atermelon — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) w (c) t
- 32.🔟 _en — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) t (c) y
- 33.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) turkey (b) box (c) yawn
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) sun (b) yarn (c) turkey
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) zero (b) yawn (c) tea
- 36.Which picture starts like “zero”? (a) tent (b) tomato (c) zip
- 37.☀️ _un — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) s (c) u
- 38.Which picture starts like “tent”? (a) zero (b) tiger (c) volcano
- 39.🐺 _olf — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) w (c) y
- 40.Which picture starts like “tap”? (a) volcano (b) sun (c) tea
Answer key
- umbrella
- y
- wolf
- volcano
- s
- wolf
- fox
- tap
- soap
- y
- six
- torch
- umbrella
- t
- ox
- zebra
- s
- torch
- zero
- watch
- soap
- sock
- t
- t
- up
- up
- six
- sun
- v
- six
- w
- t
- box
- turkey
- yawn
- zip
- s
- tiger
- w
- tea
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