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 “zero”? (a) zip (b) tiger (c) sun
- 2.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) up (b) zebra (c) volcano
- 3.Which picture starts like “six”? (a) yarn (b) zip (c) sun
- 4.🪀 _o-yo — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) y (c) t
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) tap (b) watch (c) yarn
- 6.Which picture starts like “tent”? (a) tomato (b) sock (c) saw
- 7.🕸️ _eb — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) v (c) w
- 8.🐯 _iger — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) w (c) t
- 9.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) zip (b) watermelon (c) box
- 10.🛁 _ub — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) t (c) z
- 11.Which picture starts like “violin”? (a) tap (b) web (c) van
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) van (b) wolf (c) sock
- 13.Which picture starts like “saw”? (a) turtle (b) watch (c) soap
- 14.🧼 _oap — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) z (c) s
- 15.🧦 _ock — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) w (c) s
- 16.🎻 _iolin — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) w (c) v
- 17.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) sock (b) tub (c) umbrella
- 18.Which picture starts like “sock”? (a) sun (b) turtle (c) wave
- 19.🦃 _urkey — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) s (c) u
- 20.🍉 _atermelon — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) w (c) y
- 21.Which picture starts like “yo-yo”? (a) tea (b) yawn (c) wave
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) tooth (b) zebra (c) up
- 23.🦓 _ebra — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) s (c) z
- 24.Which picture starts like “tooth”? (a) zero (b) sun (c) tomato
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) up (b) yawn (c) tent
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) yo-yo (b) saw (c) tea
- 27.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) window (b) six (c) torch
- 28.🤐 _ip — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) s (c) z
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) tiger (b) sock (c) watermelon
- 30.🐢 _urtle — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) u (c) t
- 31.🥱 _awn — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) z (c) y
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) violin (b) tent (c) zero
- 33.Which picture starts like “soap”? (a) up (b) six (c) tea
- 34.Which picture starts like “sun”? (a) yo-yo (b) umbrella (c) sock
- 35.0️⃣ _ero — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) w (c) z
- 36.Which picture starts like “sun”? (a) saw (b) ten (c) watch
- 37.Which picture starts like “yarn”? (a) sock (b) yo-yo (c) saw
- 38.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) tiger (b) torch (c) zip
- 39.Which picture starts like “volcano”? (a) violin (b) web (c) watermelon
- 40.6️⃣ _ix — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) s (c) v
Answer key
- zip
- up
- sun
- y
- yarn
- tomato
- w
- t
- box
- t
- van
- wolf
- soap
- s
- s
- v
- umbrella
- sun
- t
- w
- yawn
- up
- z
- tomato
- yawn
- saw
- six
- z
- watermelon
- t
- y
- zero
- six
- sock
- z
- saw
- yo-yo
- zip
- violin
- s
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