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