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