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