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