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.🪀 _o-yo — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) s (c) y
- 2.Which picture starts like “zip”? (a) watermelon (b) zero (c) yarn
- 3.0️⃣ _ero — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) w (c) z
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) tiger (b) sock (c) tub
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zero (b) umbrella (c) wave
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) window (b) wave (c) turkey
- 7.Which picture starts like “zip”? (a) yo-yo (b) sock (c) zebra
- 8.🎻 _iolin — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) z (c) u
- 9.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) umbrella (b) tiger (c) fox
- 10.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) six (b) violin (c) ten
- 11.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tap (b) yawn (c) box
- 12.Which picture starts like “tub”? (a) volcano (b) sun (c) tiger
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) ten (b) tooth (c) yo-yo
- 14.Which picture starts like “yo-yo”? (a) violin (b) yarn (c) turtle
- 15.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) van (b) ox (c) zero
- 16.🌊 _ave — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) w (c) z
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) yarn (b) tooth (c) umbrella
- 18.🧦 _ock — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) v (c) s
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) umbrella (b) wolf (c) tea
- 20.Which picture starts like “web”? (a) wolf (b) van (c) yawn
- 21.Which picture starts like “zero”? (a) zip (b) window (c) umbrella
- 22.🥱 _awn — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) v (c) y
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) tea (b) turkey (c) violin
- 24.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) umbrella (b) tomato (c) tap
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) wave (b) zebra (c) van
- 26.Which picture starts like “van”? (a) violin (b) zero (c) wave
- 27.Which picture starts like “yarn”? (a) sock (b) torch (c) yo-yo
- 28.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) zero (b) yo-yo (c) yawn
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) soap (b) tub (c) yarn
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) ten (b) yarn (c) zero
- 31.⛺ _ent — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) z (c) t
- 32.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) window (b) up (c) volcano
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) tea (b) wolf (c) van
- 34.Which picture starts like “sock”? (a) window (b) tub (c) saw
- 35.🍅 _omato — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) v (c) y
- 36.🚐 _an — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) u (c) t
- 37.Which picture starts like “sun”? (a) saw (b) wave (c) umbrella
- 38.Which picture starts like “violin”? (a) tent (b) volcano (c) soap
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) sun (b) umbrella (c) web
- 40.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) wave (b) zip (c) torch
Answer key
- y
- zero
- z
- sock
- zero
- turkey
- zebra
- v
- fox
- six
- box
- tiger
- yo-yo
- yarn
- ox
- w
- umbrella
- s
- tea
- wolf
- zip
- y
- violin
- umbrella
- zebra
- violin
- yo-yo
- zero
- soap
- yarn
- t
- up
- van
- saw
- t
- v
- saw
- volcano
- web
- zip
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