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 “violin”? (a) tomato (b) volcano (c) soap
- 2.🧦 _ock — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) s (c) t
- 3.🤐 _ip — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) z (c) w
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) van (b) wave (c) yawn
- 5.🧼 _oap — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) s (c) w
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) window (b) tent (c) tiger
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) tap (b) yarn (c) turkey
- 8.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) yawn (b) tub (c) box
- 9.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) sock (b) turtle (c) six
- 10.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) saw (b) umbrella (c) tomato
- 11.0️⃣ _ero — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) y (c) t
- 12.🛁 _ub — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) u (c) t
- 13.☂️ _mbrella — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) u (c) s
- 14.Which picture starts like “tap”? (a) tent (b) violin (c) up
- 15.Which picture starts like “torch”? (a) tub (b) volcano (c) sock
- 16.⌚ _atch — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) z (c) w
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) tiger (b) zip (c) volcano
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) tooth (b) umbrella (c) zero
- 19.Which picture starts like “zero”? (a) tent (b) zip (c) watermelon
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) van (b) wave (c) zebra
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) torch (b) watermelon (c) soap
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) wave (b) web (c) ten
- 23.Which picture starts like “saw”? (a) six (b) web (c) van
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) saw (b) yawn (c) soap
- 25.🪟 _indow — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) u (c) t
- 26.🎻 _iolin — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) z (c) v
- 27.Which picture starts like “zero”? (a) soap (b) zebra (c) umbrella
- 28.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) ten (b) tiger (c) fox
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) tap (b) watch (c) six
- 30.Which picture starts like “sock”? (a) turkey (b) saw (c) web
- 31.Which picture starts like “torch”? (a) yo-yo (b) saw (c) turtle
- 32.🐢 _urtle — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) y (c) u
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) tap (b) up (c) web
- 34.Which picture starts like “yarn”? (a) yawn (b) zebra (c) window
- 35.Which picture starts like “tiger”? (a) tap (b) violin (c) sock
- 36.Which picture starts like “yo-yo”? (a) web (b) yarn (c) up
- 37.Which picture starts like “watch”? (a) wolf (b) tap (c) tea
- 38.Which picture starts like “web”? (a) sock (b) van (c) watch
- 39.Which picture starts like “wolf”? (a) yarn (b) window (c) torch
- 40.Which picture starts like “torch”? (a) tomato (b) soap (c) sun
Answer key
- volcano
- s
- z
- van
- s
- window
- yarn
- box
- six
- umbrella
- z
- t
- u
- tent
- tub
- w
- zip
- zero
- zip
- zebra
- soap
- ten
- six
- yawn
- w
- v
- zebra
- fox
- watch
- saw
- turtle
- t
- up
- yawn
- tap
- yarn
- wolf
- watch
- window
- tomato
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