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 starts with the letter “y”? (a) turkey (b) zip (c) yawn
- 2.🪚 _aw — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) s (c) y
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) yarn (b) zip (c) watermelon
- 4.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) window (b) umbrella (c) volcano
- 5.🧦 _ock — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) z (c) t
- 6.Which picture starts like “violin”? (a) van (b) zip (c) sun
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) wolf (b) umbrella (c) tomato
- 8.☀️ _un — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) u (c) s
- 9.🤐 _ip — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) s (c) y
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) saw (b) torch (c) up
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) yo-yo (b) zip (c) sun
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) soap (b) volcano (c) wolf
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) tea (b) tooth (c) yo-yo
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) tooth (b) wave (c) soap
- 15.Which picture starts like “sock”? (a) yarn (b) up (c) sun
- 16.Which picture starts like “watermelon”? (a) window (b) yo-yo (c) soap
- 17.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) ox (b) tiger (c) tomato
- 18.Which picture starts like “window”? (a) tiger (b) turkey (c) wave
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) sock (b) turtle (c) wolf
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) six (b) zero (c) yo-yo
- 21.🪀 _o-yo — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) v (c) t
- 22.🚐 _an — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) z (c) y
- 23.Which picture starts like “yarn”? (a) tiger (b) volcano (c) yawn
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) zip (b) soap (c) wolf
- 25.Which picture starts like “van”? (a) volcano (b) tea (c) turtle
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) wolf (b) six (c) turtle
- 27.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) tea (b) ten (c) zip
- 28.Which picture starts like “zero”? (a) tiger (b) six (c) zip
- 29.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) s (c) y
- 30.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) turkey (b) box (c) up
- 31.6️⃣ _ix — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) s (c) u
- 32.☂️ _mbrella — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) u (c) t
- 33.Which picture starts like “yarn”? (a) up (b) six (c) yo-yo
- 34.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) tiger (b) tomato (c) up
- 35.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) yawn (b) fox (c) umbrella
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) tub (b) watermelon (c) van
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zebra (b) tap (c) saw
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zip (b) yo-yo (c) tomato
- 39.Which picture starts like “tiger”? (a) yawn (b) wolf (c) torch
- 40.Which picture starts like “zip”? (a) violin (b) umbrella (c) zero
Answer key
- yawn
- s
- yarn
- umbrella
- s
- van
- tomato
- s
- z
- torch
- sun
- volcano
- yo-yo
- tooth
- sun
- window
- ox
- wave
- sock
- zero
- y
- v
- yawn
- soap
- volcano
- six
- zip
- zip
- y
- box
- s
- u
- yo-yo
- up
- fox
- van
- zebra
- zip
- torch
- zero
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