CVC Words Worksheet – Short a
How the sounds work (Sound it out, then blend): Point to each letter and say its sound: c – a – t. Say the sounds faster and faster until they join: c-a-t → cat. Check the word against the picture.
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- 1.Which word is “pan”? (a) pan (b) can (c) van
- 2.Which word is “bat”? (a) bat (b) rat (c) cat
- 3.Change the “t” in “pat” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) pan (b) pad (c) pat
- 4.Change the “m” in “mat” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) cut (b) cat (c) mat
- 5.🐱 _ a t — which letter is missing? (a) g (b) c (c) h
- 6.Change the “p” in “pat” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) ram (b) rat (c) pat
- 7.Which word is “hat”? (a) cat (b) hat (c) rat
- 8.Change the “m” in “ram” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) rat (b) ram (c) rag
- 9.Change the “w” in “wag” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) wag (b) ran (c) rag
- 10.Blend the sounds: r – a – t. Which word is it? (a) rat (b) bat (c) sat
- 11.Which word is “van”? (a) can (b) van (c) pan
- 12.🍳 Which word is this? (a) pan (b) can (c) van
- 13.Change the “h” in “hat” to “m”. Which word do you get? (a) mad (b) mat (c) hat
- 14.Which word is “can”? (a) can (b) pan (c) cap
- 15.🥫 _ a n — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) c (c) b
- 16.🥫 Which word is this? (a) pan (b) cat (c) can
- 17.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 18.🗺️ _ a p — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) m (c) n
- 19.🧢 Which word is this? (a) cap (b) map (c) tap
- 20.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) o
- 21.🐀 Which word is this? (a) bat (b) rat (c) hat
- 22.Blend the sounds: v – a – n. Which word is it? (a) man (b) van (c) pan
- 23.🧢 _ a p — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) g (c) c
- 24.🦇 _ a t — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) b (c) g
- 25.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) e
- 26.🥫 c _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) u
- 27.Blend the sounds: m – a – d. Which word is it? (a) pad (b) map (c) mad
- 28.Which word is “cat”? (a) bat (b) cat (c) can
- 29.Blend the sounds: w – a – g. Which word is it? (a) bag (b) rag (c) wag
- 30.👜 _ a g — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) m (c) b
- 31.Blend the sounds: r – a – n. Which word is it? (a) fan (b) ran (c) rat
- 32.Change the “v” in “van” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) van (b) tin (c) tan
- 33.🦇 Which word is this? (a) bat (b) rat (c) bag
- 34.Blend the sounds: c – a – t. Which word is it? (a) cat (b) pat (c) mat
- 35.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) o
- 36.👜 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) u
- 37.Change the “c” in “cat” to “m”. Which word do you get? (a) hat (b) mat (c) cat
- 38.🚐 _ a n — which letter is missing? (a) f (b) p (c) v
- 39.🚰 t _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) o
- 40.🐀 _ a t — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) l
Answer key
- pan
- bat
- pad
- cat
- c
- rat
- hat
- rag
- rag
- rat
- van
- pan
- mat
- can
- c
- can
- a
- m
- cap
- a
- rat
- van
- c
- b
- a
- a
- mad
- cat
- wag
- b
- ran
- tan
- bat
- cat
- a
- a
- mat
- v
- a
- r
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