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 “wolf”? (a) sock (b) watermelon (c) tent
- 2.🥱 _awn — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) t (c) u
- 3.Which picture starts like “watermelon”? (a) window (b) van (c) soap
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) yawn (b) web (c) soap
- 5.Which picture starts like “violin”? (a) yo-yo (b) volcano (c) web
- 6.🌋 _olcano — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) u (c) s
- 7.🚐 _an — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) t (c) v
- 8.6️⃣ _ix — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) s (c) z
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) tomato (b) watermelon (c) soap
- 10.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tap (b) tooth (c) box
- 11.Which picture starts like “sun”? (a) yarn (b) tomato (c) six
- 12.🔟 _en — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) t (c) u
- 13.Which picture starts like “van”? (a) volcano (b) turkey (c) turtle
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zero (b) sun (c) saw
- 15.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tooth (b) six (c) sun
- 16.🕸️ _eb — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) s (c) u
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) yo-yo (b) zebra (c) violin
- 18.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tub (b) zebra (c) fox
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) turkey (b) tent (c) zebra
- 20.Which picture starts like “yarn”? (a) tub (b) yo-yo (c) torch
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) sun (b) torch (c) tomato
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) tap (b) up (c) wave
- 23.Which picture starts like “watermelon”? (a) wave (b) yarn (c) sun
- 24.Which picture starts like “volcano”? (a) zip (b) watch (c) van
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) yarn (b) up (c) zip
- 26.Which picture starts like “yarn”? (a) tea (b) turkey (c) yawn
- 27.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) s (c) w
- 28.🦓 _ebra — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) u (c) v
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) zero (b) up (c) wave
- 30.🪀 _o-yo — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) y (c) w
- 31.Which picture starts like “volcano”? (a) saw (b) violin (c) tomato
- 32.Which picture starts like “yawn”? (a) tent (b) zero (c) yo-yo
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) wolf (b) volcano (c) turtle
- 34.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) watch (b) soap (c) umbrella
- 35.Which picture starts like “zero”? (a) window (b) zip (c) violin
- 36.☂️ _mbrella — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) u (c) y
- 37.Which picture starts like “van”? (a) web (b) zero (c) violin
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) yarn (b) zip (c) window
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) web (b) zip (c) soap
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) tea (b) web (c) zero
Answer key
- watermelon
- y
- window
- yawn
- volcano
- v
- v
- s
- tomato
- box
- six
- t
- volcano
- zero
- six
- w
- yo-yo
- fox
- zebra
- yo-yo
- sun
- wave
- wave
- van
- zip
- yawn
- y
- z
- up
- y
- violin
- yo-yo
- volcano
- umbrella
- zip
- u
- violin
- window
- soap
- web
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