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 “t”? (a) yarn (b) zebra (c) tooth
- 2.🚐 _an — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) v (c) u
- 3.Which picture starts like “ten”? (a) zero (b) tent (c) yo-yo
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) zero (b) violin (c) yo-yo
- 5.🪀 _o-yo — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) s (c) v
- 6.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tea (b) saw (c) fox
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) sock (b) watch (c) watermelon
- 8.🎻 _iolin — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) v (c) u
- 9.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) up (b) ten (c) yarn
- 10.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) yarn (b) tap (c) zero
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) turkey (b) tooth (c) yawn
- 12.Which picture starts like “watch”? (a) wolf (b) tomato (c) volcano
- 13.Which picture starts like “violin”? (a) saw (b) van (c) turtle
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) watch (b) wolf (c) tiger
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) turkey (b) watermelon (c) wave
- 16.Which picture starts like “yarn”? (a) tiger (b) yo-yo (c) window
- 17.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) tub (b) umbrella (c) six
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) tooth (b) saw (c) violin
- 19.Which picture starts like “ten”? (a) tub (b) violin (c) window
- 20.☀️ _un — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) t (c) y
- 21.🔟 _en — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) t (c) v
- 22.Which picture starts like “soap”? (a) sun (b) ten (c) zebra
- 23.0️⃣ _ero — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) t (c) z
- 24.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) yo-yo (b) umbrella (c) box
- 25.⬆️ _p — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) s (c) u
- 26.Which picture starts like “yawn”? (a) tooth (b) yo-yo (c) tap
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) soap (b) turtle (c) volcano
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) tea (b) van (c) umbrella
- 29.Which picture starts like “sock”? (a) zebra (b) saw (c) volcano
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) watermelon (b) tap (c) zebra
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) umbrella (b) ten (c) tooth
- 32.Which picture starts like “tomato”? (a) umbrella (b) turkey (c) watch
- 33.☂️ _mbrella — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) z (c) u
- 34.🦓 _ebra — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) v (c) z
- 35.🧦 _ock — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) z (c) s
- 36.Which picture starts like “watermelon”? (a) watch (b) van (c) turkey
- 37.Which picture starts like “volcano”? (a) sun (b) van (c) zip
- 38.Which picture starts like “volcano”? (a) torch (b) violin (c) sun
- 39.Which picture starts like “sun”? (a) window (b) tap (c) saw
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) web (b) tea (c) six
Answer key
- tooth
- v
- tent
- violin
- y
- fox
- sock
- v
- up
- zero
- yawn
- wolf
- van
- tiger
- turkey
- yo-yo
- umbrella
- saw
- tub
- s
- t
- sun
- z
- box
- u
- yo-yo
- volcano
- van
- saw
- zebra
- umbrella
- turkey
- u
- z
- s
- watch
- van
- violin
- saw
- six
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