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 “violin”? (a) watch (b) soap (c) volcano
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) watermelon (b) tooth (c) volcano
- 3.🦓 _ebra — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) u (c) w
- 4.🍉 _atermelon — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) u (c) s
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) sun (b) saw (c) tiger
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) yawn (b) van (c) tea
- 7.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) up (b) tooth (c) fox
- 8.🦃 _urkey — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) s (c) t
- 9.🥱 _awn — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) y (c) v
- 10.Which picture starts like “six”? (a) up (b) volcano (c) sun
- 11.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) zip (b) yarn (c) wolf
- 12.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) zip (b) up (c) sun
- 13.Which picture starts like “sock”? (a) window (b) web (c) soap
- 14.Which picture starts like “yarn”? (a) sock (b) tap (c) yawn
- 15.0️⃣ _ero — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) s (c) z
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) sun (b) zebra (c) ten
- 17.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) umbrella (b) tomato (c) ten
- 18.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) ox (b) umbrella (c) sun
- 19.🌊 _ave — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) s (c) y
- 20.🧼 _oap — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) s (c) z
- 21.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) zip (b) sock (c) six
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) tomato (b) saw (c) soap
- 23.☂️ _mbrella — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) w (c) s
- 24.🤐 _ip — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) s (c) z
- 25.Which picture starts like “zero”? (a) tap (b) saw (c) zip
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) tub (b) web (c) sun
- 27.🪟 _indow — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) w (c) y
- 28.Which picture starts like “sun”? (a) saw (b) torch (c) up
- 29.🚐 _an — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) v (c) y
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) van (b) watermelon (c) watch
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) umbrella (b) tooth (c) torch
- 32.☀️ _un — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) t (c) z
- 33.Which picture starts like “yo-yo”? (a) yarn (b) tent (c) up
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) yo-yo (b) web (c) six
- 35.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) s (c) y
- 36.Which picture starts like “sock”? (a) watch (b) sun (c) turtle
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) six (b) turkey (c) soap
- 38.Which picture starts like “yawn”? (a) tap (b) yo-yo (c) soap
- 39.🍵 _ea — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) t (c) z
- 40.Which picture starts like “tap”? (a) torch (b) wave (c) yo-yo
Answer key
- volcano
- tooth
- z
- w
- tiger
- tea
- fox
- t
- y
- sun
- zip
- up
- soap
- yawn
- z
- ten
- umbrella
- ox
- w
- s
- six
- tomato
- u
- z
- zip
- sun
- w
- saw
- v
- van
- umbrella
- s
- yarn
- yo-yo
- y
- sun
- turkey
- yo-yo
- t
- torch
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