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