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