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.🌋 _olcano — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) v (c) w
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) ten (b) tooth (c) wave
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) wolf (b) yarn (c) tooth
- 4.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) six (b) tent (c) yo-yo
- 5.Which picture starts like “yarn”? (a) umbrella (b) six (c) yo-yo
- 6.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) sock (b) zebra (c) box
- 7.☂️ _mbrella — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) u (c) t
- 8.🚰 _ap — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) t (c) w
- 9.Which picture starts like “turtle”? (a) turkey (b) six (c) wolf
- 10.🦷 _ooth — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) s (c) y
- 11.Which picture starts like “sun”? (a) sock (b) van (c) tomato
- 12.🐺 _olf — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) y (c) u
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) ten (b) yarn (c) wave
- 14.Which picture starts like “web”? (a) up (b) saw (c) wave
- 15.Which picture starts like “yarn”? (a) tent (b) yawn (c) saw
- 16.🪟 _indow — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) z (c) w
- 17.Which picture starts like “yo-yo”? (a) web (b) up (c) yawn
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) tooth (b) violin (c) tent
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) van (b) wave (c) tea
- 20.Which picture starts like “web”? (a) umbrella (b) yawn (c) wolf
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) up (b) web (c) zip
- 22.Which picture starts like “zero”? (a) ten (b) wave (c) zebra
- 23.🛁 _ub — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) u (c) z
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) tiger (b) violin (c) yawn
- 25.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) z (c) y
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) tomato (b) window (c) volcano
- 27.Which picture starts like “van”? (a) zip (b) turkey (c) volcano
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) up (b) torch (c) yo-yo
- 29.🥱 _awn — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) t (c) y
- 30.Which picture starts like “watch”? (a) tea (b) sun (c) window
- 31.🍅 _omato — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) z (c) t
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) zero (b) watch (c) ten
- 33.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) saw (b) wave (c) zero
- 34.🦓 _ebra — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) w (c) z
- 35.Which picture starts like “ten”? (a) torch (b) wave (c) window
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) tent (b) tap (c) van
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) tub (b) up (c) yarn
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) up (b) sun (c) watch
- 39.🪚 _aw — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) y (c) z
- 40.🌊 _ave — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) w (c) u
Answer key
- v
- wave
- yarn
- six
- yo-yo
- box
- u
- t
- turkey
- t
- sock
- w
- ten
- wave
- yawn
- w
- yawn
- violin
- tea
- wolf
- zip
- zebra
- t
- yawn
- y
- window
- volcano
- yo-yo
- y
- window
- t
- watch
- zero
- z
- torch
- van
- up
- sun
- s
- w
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