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 “tap”? (a) zebra (b) yawn (c) turtle
- 2.Which picture starts like “tub”? (a) sock (b) six (c) tent
- 3.Which picture starts like “soap”? (a) six (b) web (c) ten
- 4.Which picture starts like “saw”? (a) umbrella (b) sun (c) turtle
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) tooth (b) soap (c) yo-yo
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zip (b) yarn (c) sock
- 7.🪚 _aw — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) s (c) u
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) yawn (b) tea (c) sock
- 9.Which picture starts like “yarn”? (a) window (b) yo-yo (c) zebra
- 10.Which picture starts like “torch”? (a) yarn (b) wave (c) tomato
- 11.🪀 _o-yo — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) u (c) y
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) zero (b) turtle (c) six
- 13.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) tub (b) saw (c) zip
- 14.🎻 _iolin — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) u (c) w
- 15.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) soap (b) sock (c) ox
- 16.🌋 _olcano — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) v (c) t
- 17.Which picture starts like “zero”? (a) wolf (b) zip (c) tiger
- 18.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) w (c) y
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) tiger (b) wolf (c) yawn
- 20.🍉 _atermelon — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) y (c) w
- 21.Which picture starts like “volcano”? (a) tent (b) yawn (c) violin
- 22.Which picture starts like “zero”? (a) turkey (b) ten (c) zebra
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) tap (b) zebra (c) window
- 24.Which picture starts like “turkey”? (a) soap (b) tent (c) watermelon
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) tent (b) violin (c) web
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) van (b) tent (c) saw
- 27.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) watermelon (b) ten (c) box
- 28.🦓 _ebra — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) y (c) z
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) yawn (b) tomato (c) saw
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) soap (b) umbrella (c) van
- 31.Which picture starts like “yo-yo”? (a) wolf (b) tub (c) yawn
- 32.🛁 _ub — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) t (c) u
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) wave (b) zebra (c) tooth
- 34.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) violin (b) sock (c) umbrella
- 35.🍵 _ea — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) s (c) t
- 36.0️⃣ _ero — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) z (c) s
- 37.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) six (b) wolf (c) tooth
- 38.Which picture starts like “six”? (a) zebra (b) zero (c) sock
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) yarn (b) watch (c) turkey
- 40.Which picture starts like “tea”? (a) tap (b) zip (c) zero
Answer key
- turtle
- tent
- six
- sun
- soap
- zip
- s
- tea
- yo-yo
- tomato
- y
- turtle
- zip
- v
- ox
- v
- zip
- y
- yawn
- w
- violin
- zebra
- zebra
- tent
- violin
- tent
- box
- z
- tomato
- umbrella
- yawn
- t
- wave
- umbrella
- t
- z
- six
- sock
- yarn
- tap
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