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