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 “s”? (a) tomato (b) watermelon (c) sun
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) sun (b) wolf (c) zip
- 3.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) fox (b) yawn (c) saw
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zero (b) tent (c) tomato
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) tooth (b) yawn (c) saw
- 6.Which picture starts like “yawn”? (a) tooth (b) wave (c) yo-yo
- 7.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) box (b) watch (c) wave
- 8.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) umbrella (b) saw (c) tent
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) zebra (b) tomato (c) zero
- 10.🌊 _ave — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) w (c) s
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) up (b) tap (c) soap
- 12.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) sock (b) six (c) watch
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) turkey (b) six (c) violin
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) umbrella (b) zebra (c) six
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zebra (b) torch (c) umbrella
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) yawn (b) yarn (c) watermelon
- 17.🦃 _urkey — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) t (c) v
- 18.🦓 _ebra — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) s (c) z
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) turtle (b) zip (c) sock
- 20.Which picture starts like “tent”? (a) wave (b) turtle (c) zip
- 21.Which picture starts like “yarn”? (a) watermelon (b) yo-yo (c) torch
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) tub (b) web (c) tiger
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) saw (b) volcano (c) wave
- 24.⬆️ _p — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) w (c) u
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) tea (b) van (c) violin
- 26.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) up (b) sock (c) tiger
- 27.Which picture starts like “yawn”? (a) yarn (b) torch (c) wave
- 28.🐢 _urtle — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) t (c) y
- 29.🐯 _iger — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) y (c) w
- 30.☂️ _mbrella — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) s (c) u
- 31.🥱 _awn — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) u (c) z
- 32.Which picture starts like “sock”? (a) ten (b) turtle (c) sun
- 33.☀️ _un — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) y (c) s
- 34.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) y (c) u
- 35.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) tomato (b) volcano (c) zero
- 36.🧼 _oap — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) w (c) y
- 37.Which picture starts like “torch”? (a) yo-yo (b) sock (c) turkey
- 38.🚐 _an — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) w (c) v
- 39.🔟 _en — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) u (c) t
- 40.Which picture starts like “ten”? (a) tooth (b) web (c) volcano
Answer key
- sun
- zip
- fox
- zero
- saw
- yo-yo
- box
- umbrella
- tomato
- w
- up
- six
- violin
- umbrella
- zebra
- watermelon
- t
- z
- sock
- turtle
- yo-yo
- web
- wave
- u
- tea
- up
- yarn
- t
- t
- u
- y
- sun
- s
- y
- zero
- s
- turkey
- v
- t
- tooth
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