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 word starts with the letter “z”? (a) six (b) zebra (c) sun
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) six (b) yo-yo (c) watch
- 3.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) w (c) y
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) saw (b) tent (c) watermelon
- 5.Which picture starts like “tooth”? (a) sun (b) wave (c) tiger
- 6.Which picture starts like “yarn”? (a) yo-yo (b) umbrella (c) tiger
- 7.Which picture starts like “watermelon”? (a) soap (b) turtle (c) web
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) violin (b) torch (c) six
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) six (b) van (c) yo-yo
- 10.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) sock (b) fox (c) tent
- 11.Which picture starts like “yo-yo”? (a) torch (b) sun (c) yawn
- 12.Which picture starts like “yo-yo”? (a) tap (b) yarn (c) watch
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) tub (b) tooth (c) saw
- 14.🪀 _o-yo — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) y (c) t
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) watermelon (b) sock (c) turkey
- 16.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) up (b) yo-yo (c) web
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) saw (b) ten (c) zip
- 18.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) yo-yo (b) tub (c) ox
- 19.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) zero (b) tooth (c) volcano
- 20.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) box (b) wave (c) up
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) umbrella (b) zero (c) yarn
- 22.6️⃣ _ix — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) s (c) w
- 23.☂️ _mbrella — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) y (c) u
- 24.0️⃣ _ero — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) z (c) w
- 25.Which picture starts like “zip”? (a) wave (b) saw (c) zebra
- 26.Which picture starts like “wolf”? (a) watch (b) turkey (c) saw
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) tomato (b) soap (c) volcano
- 28.Which picture starts like “sun”? (a) yarn (b) tooth (c) saw
- 29.Which picture starts like “zero”? (a) tomato (b) zebra (c) tap
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) six (b) zero (c) van
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) window (b) turtle (c) zip
- 32.⬆️ _p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) s (c) z
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) tooth (b) van (c) yawn
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) tomato (b) window (c) zip
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) web (b) torch (c) window
- 36.Which picture starts like “tooth”? (a) umbrella (b) tent (c) web
- 37.Which picture starts like “sock”? (a) sun (b) tap (c) watch
- 38.🐯 _iger — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) w (c) t
- 39.Which picture starts like “saw”? (a) ten (b) sun (c) turtle
- 40.Which picture starts like “soap”? (a) web (b) zebra (c) six
Answer key
- zebra
- watch
- y
- watermelon
- tiger
- yo-yo
- web
- violin
- yo-yo
- fox
- yawn
- yarn
- saw
- y
- sock
- up
- ten
- ox
- zero
- box
- umbrella
- s
- u
- z
- zebra
- watch
- volcano
- saw
- zebra
- van
- window
- u
- yawn
- zip
- torch
- tent
- sun
- t
- sun
- six
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