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) tiger (b) zip (c) tea
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) soap (b) watch (c) wolf
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) sun (b) turtle (c) violin
- 4.🎻 _iolin — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) z (c) v
- 5.🐯 _iger — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) v (c) t
- 6.🥱 _awn — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) z (c) u
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) yarn (b) watch (c) six
- 8.☀️ _un — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) y (c) s
- 9.🪀 _o-yo — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) y (c) s
- 10.Which picture starts like “tent”? (a) turkey (b) window (c) watermelon
- 11.🚐 _an — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) w (c) t
- 12.0️⃣ _ero — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) w (c) t
- 13.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) soap (b) ox (c) tooth
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) soap (b) van (c) watermelon
- 15.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) box (b) yawn (c) turtle
- 16.Which picture starts like “volcano”? (a) van (b) watch (c) zebra
- 17.Which picture starts like “van”? (a) web (b) tiger (c) volcano
- 18.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) z (c) w
- 19.🌊 _ave — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) s (c) w
- 20.Which picture starts like “zero”? (a) sun (b) torch (c) zip
- 21.🧦 _ock — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) s (c) z
- 22.Which picture starts like “zip”? (a) six (b) up (c) zero
- 23.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) fox (b) umbrella (c) violin
- 24.Which picture starts like “wolf”? (a) tub (b) watch (c) tap
- 25.🌋 _olcano — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) w (c) v
- 26.Which picture starts like “violin”? (a) saw (b) tiger (c) van
- 27.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) yawn (b) up (c) watermelon
- 28.🐺 _olf — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) y (c) w
- 29.Which picture starts like “window”? (a) tent (b) umbrella (c) wave
- 30.Which picture starts like “tent”? (a) ten (b) volcano (c) watch
- 31.Which picture starts like “tub”? (a) zero (b) tiger (c) umbrella
- 32.Which picture starts like “ten”? (a) up (b) window (c) turkey
- 33.☂️ _mbrella — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) w (c) u
- 34.Which picture starts like “six”? (a) soap (b) ten (c) tiger
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) saw (b) yawn (c) zebra
- 36.🚰 _ap — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) t (c) y
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) saw (b) web (c) up
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) wave (b) zip (c) volcano
- 39.⬆️ _p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) z (c) w
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) yo-yo (b) sock (c) ten
Answer key
- zip
- soap
- sun
- v
- t
- y
- six
- s
- y
- turkey
- v
- z
- ox
- watermelon
- box
- van
- volcano
- y
- w
- zip
- s
- zero
- fox
- watch
- v
- van
- up
- w
- wave
- ten
- tiger
- turkey
- u
- soap
- saw
- t
- up
- wave
- u
- sock
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