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 “umbrella”? (a) sun (b) tap (c) up
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) soap (b) volcano (c) tea
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) soap (b) wolf (c) tap
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) turtle (b) zero (c) yawn
- 5.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) box (b) watch (c) turtle
- 6.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tap (b) tent (c) fox
- 7.🥱 _awn — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) w (c) y
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) van (b) watermelon (c) zebra
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) saw (b) violin (c) tub
- 10.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) y (c) w
- 11.⬆️ _p — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) s (c) u
- 12.🚐 _an — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) v (c) w
- 13.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) zip (b) watermelon (c) tent
- 14.⛺ _ent — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) s (c) t
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) wave (b) volcano (c) yawn
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) violin (b) tub (c) window
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) zebra (b) turtle (c) yawn
- 18.Which picture starts like “sun”? (a) tent (b) saw (c) violin
- 19.Which picture starts like “saw”? (a) six (b) yo-yo (c) zero
- 20.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) six (b) torch (c) umbrella
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) yo-yo (b) watch (c) ten
- 22.🪀 _o-yo — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) t (c) v
- 23.Which picture starts like “van”? (a) zebra (b) volcano (c) ten
- 24.🪟 _indow — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) v (c) w
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) saw (b) wave (c) watch
- 26.🧼 _oap — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) s (c) z
- 27.Which picture starts like “sun”? (a) tooth (b) wolf (c) six
- 28.Which picture starts like “sock”? (a) watermelon (b) saw (c) wolf
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) zip (b) wave (c) van
- 30.Which picture starts like “tent”? (a) volcano (b) zip (c) turkey
- 31.🌊 _ave — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) y (c) s
- 32.Which picture starts like “tent”? (a) window (b) torch (c) yawn
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) zero (b) window (c) zip
- 34.6️⃣ _ix — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) s (c) y
- 35.Which picture starts like “wave”? (a) wolf (b) tomato (c) tub
- 36.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tiger (b) turtle (c) ox
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) watermelon (b) tooth (c) sun
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) wave (b) zip (c) ten
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) turtle (b) up (c) wave
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) zebra (b) turkey (c) window
Answer key
- up
- volcano
- wolf
- zero
- box
- fox
- y
- zebra
- violin
- y
- u
- v
- zip
- t
- wave
- tub
- yawn
- saw
- six
- six
- yo-yo
- y
- volcano
- w
- saw
- s
- six
- saw
- van
- turkey
- w
- torch
- window
- s
- wolf
- ox
- watermelon
- ten
- up
- turkey
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