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