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