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 picture starts like “watermelon”? (a) wave (b) turkey (c) soap
- 2.6️⃣ _ix — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) t (c) s
- 3.Which picture starts like “soap”? (a) yarn (b) saw (c) watermelon
- 4.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) yawn (b) six (c) up
- 5.Which picture starts like “violin”? (a) van (b) tub (c) turtle
- 6.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) sun (b) up (c) tent
- 7.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) y (c) u
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) sock (b) turtle (c) volcano
- 9.Which picture starts like “tub”? (a) tooth (b) six (c) watch
- 10.🍅 _omato — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) y (c) w
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) umbrella (b) zero (c) volcano
- 12.Which picture starts like “violin”? (a) zebra (b) yarn (c) volcano
- 13.Which picture starts like “yo-yo”? (a) yawn (b) zero (c) tomato
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) soap (b) yo-yo (c) watch
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) six (b) zebra (c) van
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) tap (b) saw (c) umbrella
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) watermelon (b) sun (c) tomato
- 18.☀️ _un — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) y (c) s
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) turkey (b) volcano (c) yarn
- 20.Which picture starts like “tomato”? (a) yo-yo (b) wolf (c) tooth
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) tub (b) tap (c) up
- 22.🎻 _iolin — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) t (c) v
- 23.Which picture starts like “tooth”? (a) up (b) volcano (c) tub
- 24.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) zebra (b) ox (c) ten
- 25.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) tap (b) yo-yo (c) umbrella
- 26.Which picture starts like “tent”? (a) torch (b) yo-yo (c) six
- 27.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) fox (b) web (c) torch
- 28.Which picture starts like “volcano”? (a) violin (b) wave (c) yarn
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) wolf (b) saw (c) tent
- 30.Which picture starts like “sun”? (a) window (b) six (c) tub
- 31.🐢 _urtle — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) s (c) w
- 32.Which picture starts like “van”? (a) turkey (b) violin (c) up
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) violin (b) turkey (c) zero
- 34.☂️ _mbrella — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) v (c) u
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) window (b) van (c) torch
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) up (b) tap (c) web
- 37.Which picture starts like “web”? (a) violin (b) watermelon (c) tent
- 38.Which picture starts like “saw”? (a) web (b) six (c) tomato
- 39.🕸️ _eb — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) z (c) u
- 40.Which picture starts like “zip”? (a) tomato (b) web (c) zero
Answer key
- wave
- s
- saw
- six
- van
- up
- y
- volcano
- tooth
- t
- zero
- volcano
- yawn
- yo-yo
- six
- umbrella
- sun
- s
- yarn
- tooth
- up
- v
- tub
- ox
- umbrella
- torch
- fox
- violin
- tent
- six
- t
- violin
- turkey
- u
- window
- web
- watermelon
- six
- w
- zero
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