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 “t”? (a) wolf (b) sock (c) tooth
- 2.🧶 _arn — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) w (c) v
- 3.Which picture starts like “yo-yo”? (a) watch (b) yarn (c) tent
- 4.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) tomato (b) up (c) watch
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) saw (b) zero (c) torch
- 6.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) fox (b) tea (c) zip
- 7.Which picture starts like “window”? (a) van (b) yarn (c) watch
- 8.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) window (b) tomato (c) umbrella
- 9.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) soap (b) box (c) window
- 10.☀️ _un — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) y (c) s
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) zip (b) wolf (c) tomato
- 12.Which picture starts like “yarn”? (a) van (b) tent (c) yo-yo
- 13.Which picture starts like “zebra”? (a) zero (b) wave (c) watermelon
- 14.☂️ _mbrella — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) s (c) u
- 15.🦃 _urkey — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) w (c) t
- 16.Which picture starts like “tub”? (a) volcano (b) tap (c) wolf
- 17.Which picture starts like “window”? (a) ten (b) sock (c) watermelon
- 18.Which picture starts like “turkey”? (a) tiger (b) violin (c) zip
- 19.🤐 _ip — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) y (c) z
- 20.Which picture starts like “torch”? (a) ten (b) van (c) zero
- 21.Which picture starts like “torch”? (a) tub (b) yarn (c) watch
- 22.Which picture starts like “tub”? (a) sock (b) web (c) tent
- 23.Which picture starts like “tea”? (a) torch (b) van (c) umbrella
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) yarn (b) tomato (c) ten
- 25.0️⃣ _ero — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) z (c) u
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) torch (b) zebra (c) saw
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) saw (b) zero (c) web
- 28.Which picture starts like “soap”? (a) tent (b) van (c) sun
- 29.Which picture starts like “saw”? (a) sock (b) violin (c) tea
- 30.Which picture starts like “zip”? (a) turkey (b) tea (c) zebra
- 31.Which word starts with the letter “v”? (a) tomato (b) van (c) yo-yo
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) volcano (b) wave (c) up
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “t”? (a) sock (b) turkey (c) wave
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “z”? (a) watermelon (b) zip (c) tiger
- 35.🌋 _olcano — which letter is missing? (a) y (b) z (c) v
- 36.Which picture starts like “violin”? (a) wolf (b) tent (c) van
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “w”? (a) soap (b) saw (c) window
- 38.Which picture starts like “watch”? (a) web (b) ten (c) tea
- 39.Which picture starts like “volcano”? (a) sun (b) tub (c) van
- 40.Which picture starts like “yawn”? (a) ten (b) zip (c) yo-yo
Answer key
- tooth
- y
- yarn
- up
- zero
- fox
- watch
- umbrella
- box
- s
- tomato
- yo-yo
- zero
- u
- t
- tap
- watermelon
- tiger
- z
- ten
- tub
- tent
- torch
- yarn
- z
- torch
- web
- sun
- sock
- zebra
- van
- wave
- turkey
- zip
- v
- van
- window
- web
- van
- yo-yo
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