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