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