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