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