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) tooth (b) umbrella (c) watermelon
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) tomato (b) sock (c) web
- 3.Which picture starts like “tiger”? (a) violin (b) yarn (c) ten
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) watermelon (b) sun (c) turkey
- 5.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) sock (b) web (c) fox
- 6.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) wolf (b) up (c) window
- 7.🐺 _olf — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) w (c) z
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zero (b) turkey (c) torch
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) tap (b) violin (c) zero
- 10.Which picture starts like “zip”? (a) zero (b) yawn (c) tiger
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) tea (b) van (c) sock
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) volcano (b) soap (c) yo-yo
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) van (b) tiger (c) sun
- 14.🚐 _an — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) t (c) u
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) turkey (b) six (c) van
- 16.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) s (c) w
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) tiger (b) violin (c) saw
- 18.⌚ _atch — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) s (c) y
- 19.Which picture starts like “watermelon”? (a) violin (b) wolf (c) turtle
- 20.Which picture starts like “tomato”? (a) ten (b) web (c) soap
- 21.Which picture starts like “saw”? (a) umbrella (b) zip (c) soap
- 22.Which picture starts like “zip”? (a) sun (b) zebra (c) tomato
- 23.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tomato (b) window (c) box
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) van (b) ten (c) up
- 25.🍅 _omato — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) v (c) w
- 26.Which picture starts like “yarn”? (a) tub (b) umbrella (c) yo-yo
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) yawn (b) window (c) violin
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) tent (b) yarn (c) sock
- 29.Which picture starts like “yarn”? (a) soap (b) yawn (c) tomato
- 30.Which picture starts like “zero”? (a) torch (b) watch (c) zip
- 31.Which picture starts like “tea”? (a) violin (b) umbrella (c) tub
- 32.Which picture starts like “tap”? (a) zip (b) violin (c) tooth
- 33.Which picture starts like “sock”? (a) torch (b) wolf (c) sun
- 34.Which picture starts like “tiger”? (a) zero (b) watermelon (c) tent
- 35.6️⃣ _ix — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) z (c) t
- 36.🪟 _indow — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) w (c) z
- 37.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) six (b) wolf (c) tent
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) volcano (b) watch (c) saw
- 39.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) tomato (b) turkey (c) zero
- 40.Which picture starts like “sun”? (a) van (b) saw (c) zero
Answer key
- umbrella
- tomato
- ten
- sun
- fox
- up
- w
- zero
- tap
- zero
- sock
- yo-yo
- van
- v
- six
- y
- violin
- w
- wolf
- ten
- soap
- zebra
- box
- up
- t
- yo-yo
- window
- yarn
- yawn
- zip
- tub
- tooth
- sun
- tent
- s
- w
- six
- volcano
- zero
- saw
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