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