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