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 “sun”? (a) turkey (b) turtle (c) sock
- 2.Which picture starts like “yawn”? (a) tea (b) tooth (c) yarn
- 3.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) ten (b) zebra (c) fox
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) up (b) zip (c) six
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) umbrella (b) tiger (c) sun
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) tiger (b) yawn (c) watch
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) tub (b) yo-yo (c) up
- 8.🌊 _ave — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) w (c) s
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) up (b) umbrella (c) volcano
- 10.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) ox (b) tent (c) tiger
- 11.Which picture starts like “volcano”? (a) tiger (b) van (c) six
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) soap (b) saw (c) tent
- 13.Which picture starts like “volcano”? (a) yawn (b) violin (c) window
- 14.Which picture starts like “ten”? (a) tiger (b) watch (c) wolf
- 15.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) yarn (b) box (c) saw
- 16.🦓 _ebra — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) w (c) z
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) umbrella (b) yawn (c) window
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) tent (b) yo-yo (c) six
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) turtle (b) volcano (c) web
- 20.Which picture starts like “zero”? (a) tub (b) tooth (c) zebra
- 21.6️⃣ _ix — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) w (c) s
- 22.Which picture starts like “wolf”? (a) zip (b) window (c) soap
- 23.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) z (c) s
- 24.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) yarn (b) zero (c) torch
- 25.🐺 _olf — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) v (c) w
- 26.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) tap (b) zero (c) umbrella
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) watch (b) van (c) saw
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) tap (b) web (c) zebra
- 29.🎻 _iolin — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) u (c) v
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) wolf (b) soap (c) van
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) tent (b) tub (c) soap
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) sock (b) tent (c) wave
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) umbrella (b) wave (c) ten
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) window (b) volcano (c) umbrella
- 35.🌋 _olcano — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) z (c) y
- 36.🧦 _ock — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) v (c) z
- 37.⌚ _atch — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) z (c) w
- 38.Which picture starts like “watermelon”? (a) web (b) soap (c) yarn
- 39.Which picture starts like “wave”? (a) zip (b) van (c) window
- 40.🥱 _awn — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) w (c) y
Answer key
- sock
- yarn
- fox
- up
- sun
- watch
- yo-yo
- w
- volcano
- ox
- van
- tent
- violin
- tiger
- box
- z
- yawn
- six
- turtle
- zebra
- s
- window
- y
- zero
- w
- umbrella
- saw
- zebra
- v
- van
- soap
- sock
- ten
- window
- v
- s
- w
- web
- window
- y
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