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 “v”? (a) van (b) six (c) watermelon
- 2.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) up (b) tomato (c) zebra
- 3.🌊 _ave — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) s (c) v
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) window (b) sun (c) ten
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) soap (b) yawn (c) yarn
- 6.Which picture starts like “tiger”? (a) sun (b) zip (c) tub
- 7.6️⃣ _ix — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) s (c) y
- 8.🚐 _an — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) v (c) s
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) six (b) umbrella (c) tiger
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zebra (b) sock (c) window
- 11.⛺ _ent — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) s (c) t
- 12.Which picture starts like “tub”? (a) web (b) violin (c) tomato
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) watermelon (b) zip (c) yarn
- 14.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tap (b) umbrella (c) ox
- 15.Which picture starts like “web”? (a) tap (b) watch (c) volcano
- 16.🥱 _awn — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) u (c) y
- 17.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tea (b) box (c) yawn
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) wolf (b) tiger (c) umbrella
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) wave (b) six (c) web
- 20.🦷 _ooth — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) z (c) t
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) tomato (b) violin (c) yawn
- 22.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) zip (b) six (c) violin
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) umbrella (b) tub (c) violin
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) watermelon (b) van (c) tiger
- 25.🪟 _indow — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) s (c) z
- 26.🐺 _olf — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) v (c) u
- 27.Which picture starts like “window”? (a) watch (b) tomato (c) soap
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) volcano (b) watch (c) tea
- 29.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) saw (b) six (c) yarn
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) sun (b) violin (c) web
- 31.🎻 _iolin — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) v (c) y
- 32.Which picture starts like “yawn”? (a) yarn (b) zip (c) volcano
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) saw (b) tomato (c) yo-yo
- 34.🍉 _atermelon — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) v (c) w
- 35.Which picture starts like “tap”? (a) yawn (b) soap (c) tiger
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) tent (b) soap (c) zero
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zero (b) van (c) violin
- 38.🦓 _ebra — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) w (c) z
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) yawn (b) van (c) tap
- 40.🌋 _olcano — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) t (c) v
Answer key
- van
- up
- w
- ten
- soap
- tub
- s
- v
- umbrella
- zebra
- t
- tomato
- watermelon
- ox
- watch
- y
- box
- wolf
- six
- t
- yawn
- zip
- tub
- tiger
- w
- w
- watch
- watch
- six
- web
- v
- yarn
- saw
- w
- tiger
- tent
- zero
- z
- tap
- v
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