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