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 “z”? (a) yo-yo (b) zero (c) turkey
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) turtle (b) web (c) six
- 3.Which picture starts like “zero”? (a) zip (b) six (c) tap
- 4.Which picture starts like “yarn”? (a) wave (b) yo-yo (c) turtle
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) yarn (b) turtle (c) tooth
- 6.🧦 _ock — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) s (c) t
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) web (b) tap (c) saw
- 8.☀️ _un — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) z (c) w
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) zebra (b) wave (c) yo-yo
- 10.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) window (b) box (c) web
- 11.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) ox (b) saw (c) wave
- 12.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tomato (b) yawn (c) fox
- 13.🥱 _awn — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) v (c) y
- 14.Which picture starts like “volcano”? (a) tent (b) web (c) violin
- 15.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tooth (b) six (c) tea
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) zebra (b) tooth (c) van
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) wave (b) sun (c) volcano
- 18.🍉 _atermelon — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) z (c) w
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) soap (b) zip (c) van
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) yo-yo (b) violin (c) umbrella
- 21.Which picture starts like “sun”? (a) tap (b) window (c) soap
- 22.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) window (b) tea (c) zero
- 23.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) watermelon (b) umbrella (c) turtle
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) violin (b) umbrella (c) tea
- 25.0️⃣ _ero — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) z (c) t
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) volcano (b) zip (c) watch
- 27.Which picture starts like “sock”? (a) tomato (b) sun (c) watermelon
- 28.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) t (c) w
- 29.🐢 _urtle — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) u (c) t
- 30.🐯 _iger — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) z (c) w
- 31.Which picture starts like “tea”? (a) ten (b) violin (c) yarn
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) saw (b) tap (c) zebra
- 33.🤐 _ip — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) s (c) u
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) umbrella (b) zip (c) zero
- 35.🚰 _ap — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) t (c) v
- 36.🍵 _ea — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) t (c) s
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) tub (b) up (c) tiger
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) violin (b) wolf (c) soap
- 39.🐺 _olf — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) s (c) t
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) tub (b) soap (c) umbrella
Answer key
- zero
- six
- zip
- yo-yo
- yarn
- s
- saw
- s
- wave
- box
- ox
- fox
- y
- violin
- six
- tooth
- volcano
- w
- van
- yo-yo
- soap
- zero
- umbrella
- tea
- z
- zip
- sun
- y
- t
- t
- ten
- zebra
- z
- umbrella
- t
- t
- up
- violin
- w
- tub
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