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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- 1.0️⃣ _ero — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) y (c) t
- 2.Which picture starts like “saw”? (a) zip (b) watermelon (c) soap
- 3.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) fox (b) wolf (c) yarn
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) up (b) zebra (c) sock
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) turtle (b) violin (c) saw
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) soap (b) zero (c) up
- 7.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) wolf (b) tooth (c) zip
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) soap (b) six (c) violin
- 9.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) six (b) wolf (c) tub
- 10.Which picture starts like “tub”? (a) wolf (b) soap (c) ten
- 11.Which picture starts like “yo-yo”? (a) tub (b) soap (c) yarn
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) van (b) zebra (c) watermelon
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) torch (b) zip (c) soap
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) torch (b) soap (c) turtle
- 15.Which picture starts like “torch”? (a) window (b) tooth (c) zero
- 16.🪀 _o-yo — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) y (c) z
- 17.Which picture starts like “zero”? (a) tub (b) umbrella (c) zebra
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) yawn (b) up (c) zip
- 19.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) yarn (b) zero (c) six
- 20.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) wolf (b) saw (c) ox
- 21.Which picture starts like “window”? (a) web (b) zip (c) zero
- 22.☂️ _mbrella — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) w (c) t
- 23.Which picture starts like “sun”? (a) saw (b) wave (c) zip
- 24.6️⃣ _ix — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) v (c) w
- 25.🥱 _awn — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) y (c) w
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) wave (b) yarn (c) tomato
- 27.🛁 _ub — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) t (c) u
- 28.Which picture starts like “zip”? (a) window (b) tiger (c) zebra
- 29.🦓 _ebra — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) z (c) t
- 30.🌋 _olcano — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) v (c) z
- 31.🧦 _ock — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) s (c) u
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) umbrella (b) tooth (c) zero
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) six (b) watch (c) zero
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) soap (b) tiger (c) sock
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) tent (b) volcano (c) umbrella
- 36.🤐 _ip — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) z (c) y
- 37.🪚 _aw — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) s (c) y
- 38.🐺 _olf — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) w (c) s
- 39.⬆️ _p — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) s (c) u
- 40.Which picture starts like “van”? (a) volcano (b) tiger (c) yawn
Answer key
- z
- soap
- fox
- sock
- saw
- up
- zip
- violin
- six
- ten
- yarn
- zebra
- torch
- soap
- tooth
- y
- zebra
- yawn
- zero
- ox
- web
- u
- saw
- s
- y
- tomato
- t
- zebra
- z
- v
- s
- umbrella
- zero
- tiger
- tent
- z
- s
- w
- u
- volcano
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