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.🥱 _awn — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) y (c) v
- 2.🛁 _ub — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) v (c) y
- 3.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) tap (b) volcano (c) umbrella
- 4.Which picture starts like “van”? (a) tea (b) up (c) violin
- 5.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) w (c) y
- 6.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) volcano (b) zero (c) wolf
- 7.6️⃣ _ix — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) t (c) y
- 8.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tap (b) fox (c) window
- 9.Which picture starts like “tooth”? (a) saw (b) tea (c) yo-yo
- 10.Which picture starts like “zero”? (a) wolf (b) yarn (c) zip
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) sun (b) tomato (c) zero
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) van (b) ten (c) violin
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) zero (b) zip (c) van
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) zip (b) yarn (c) volcano
- 15.⌚ _atch — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) t (c) w
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) zebra (b) volcano (c) window
- 17.Which picture starts like “zip”? (a) zero (b) ten (c) torch
- 18.🍵 _ea — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) u (c) t
- 19.🍉 _atermelon — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) w (c) y
- 20.🧦 _ock — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) u (c) s
- 21.Which picture starts like “zero”? (a) zebra (b) wave (c) tiger
- 22.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) six (b) zip (c) zebra
- 23.🪀 _o-yo — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) u (c) y
- 24.Which picture starts like “zip”? (a) six (b) ten (c) zebra
- 25.Which picture starts like “ten”? (a) web (b) tooth (c) volcano
- 26.🦓 _ebra — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) u (c) z
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) tiger (b) window (c) sock
- 28.0️⃣ _ero — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) u (c) z
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) wolf (b) soap (c) tiger
- 30.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) tomato (b) tub (c) box
- 31.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) up (b) yawn (c) turtle
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) torch (b) six (c) yo-yo
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) window (b) watermelon (c) up
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) zero (b) turkey (c) watermelon
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) soap (b) zebra (c) tomato
- 36.Which picture starts like “tent”? (a) wolf (b) zero (c) torch
- 37.⬆️ _p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) y (c) v
- 38.Which picture starts like “six”? (a) sun (b) zero (c) tiger
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) tent (b) yawn (c) six
- 40.🍅 _omato — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) y (c) t
Answer key
- y
- t
- umbrella
- violin
- y
- zero
- s
- fox
- tea
- zip
- zero
- ten
- van
- yarn
- w
- window
- zero
- t
- w
- s
- zebra
- six
- y
- zebra
- tooth
- z
- sock
- z
- soap
- box
- up
- six
- up
- turkey
- zebra
- torch
- u
- sun
- yawn
- t
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