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.🚐 _an — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) u (c) z
- 2.Which picture starts like “tooth”? (a) sock (b) yo-yo (c) tub
- 3.0️⃣ _ero — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) z (c) v
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) tomato (b) sun (c) zip
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zero (b) soap (c) yarn
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) tomato (b) violin (c) yarn
- 7.Which picture starts like “zip”? (a) zero (b) tomato (c) tea
- 8.Which picture starts like “watch”? (a) yawn (b) zero (c) wave
- 9.Which picture starts like “yo-yo”? (a) zebra (b) tub (c) yarn
- 10.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) zero (b) sock (c) wolf
- 11.🧼 _oap — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) s (c) t
- 12.Which picture starts like “ten”? (a) tomato (b) van (c) zero
- 13.🪚 _aw — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) y (c) s
- 14.🤐 _ip — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) z (c) v
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) sock (b) watermelon (c) tooth
- 16.⬆️ _p — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) s (c) u
- 17.🧦 _ock — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) s (c) v
- 18.🎻 _iolin — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) u (c) v
- 19.Which picture starts like “web”? (a) turtle (b) yo-yo (c) window
- 20.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) umbrella (b) fox (c) van
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) turkey (b) tea (c) van
- 22.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) sock (b) soap (c) ox
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) yawn (b) web (c) wave
- 24.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) volcano (b) umbrella (c) yarn
- 25.🐺 _olf — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) w (c) u
- 26.Which picture starts like “zero”? (a) zebra (b) soap (c) umbrella
- 27.🛁 _ub — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) s (c) v
- 28.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) up (b) yo-yo (c) saw
- 29.⌚ _atch — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) w (c) t
- 30.Which picture starts like “yawn”? (a) sun (b) saw (c) yo-yo
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zip (b) sun (c) van
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) window (b) sun (c) volcano
- 33.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) six (b) watch (c) yawn
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) tub (b) umbrella (c) zip
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) violin (b) up (c) sun
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) saw (b) volcano (c) tomato
- 37.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) box (b) zero (c) ten
- 38.6️⃣ _ix — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) s (c) v
- 39.☂️ _mbrella — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) w (c) v
- 40.Which picture starts like “wave”? (a) window (b) tea (c) tiger
Answer key
- v
- tub
- z
- sun
- zero
- yarn
- zero
- wave
- yarn
- zero
- s
- tomato
- s
- z
- tooth
- u
- s
- v
- window
- fox
- van
- ox
- yawn
- umbrella
- w
- zebra
- t
- up
- w
- yo-yo
- zip
- volcano
- six
- umbrella
- up
- tomato
- box
- s
- u
- window
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