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