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 this? (a) can (b) cat (c) cap
- 2.Change the “m” in “ham” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) hat (b) ham (c) sat
- 3.Which word is “tap”? (a) tap (b) cap (c) map
- 4.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) a
- 5.🥫 c _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 6.Which word is “van”? (a) pan (b) van (c) can
- 7.🎩 Which word is this? (a) hat (b) rat (c) cat
- 8.Change the “b” in “bat” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) bat (b) hut (c) hat
- 9.🚰 Which word is this? (a) tap (b) cap (c) map
- 10.Change the “s” in “sat” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) rat (b) cat (c) sat
- 11.👜 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 12.👜 _ a g — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) c (c) n
- 13.🗺️ _ a p — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) h (c) m
- 14.🧢 Which word is this? (a) cap (b) cat (c) cup
- 15.Change the “h” in “hat” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) hat (b) cat (c) cot
- 16.Change the “n” in “nap” to “m”. Which word do you get? (a) tap (b) nap (c) map
- 17.🧢 c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 18.Which word is “bat”? (a) bag (b) rat (c) bat
- 19.Which word is “cap”? (a) cap (b) map (c) tap
- 20.Blend the sounds: c – a – t. Which word is it? (a) rat (b) pat (c) cat
- 21.🥫 Which word is this? (a) can (b) cap (c) pan
- 22.Which word is “cat”? (a) cap (b) cat (c) bat
- 23.Blend the sounds: s – a – d. Which word is it? (a) bad (b) pad (c) sad
- 24.Change the “t” in “tan” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) can (b) tan (c) man
- 25.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) a
- 26.Which word is “bag”? (a) bug (b) bag (c) bat
- 27.🚰 _ a p — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) s (c) t
- 28.Blend the sounds: c – a – n. Which word is it? (a) can (b) tan (c) ran
- 29.Blend the sounds: l – a – p. Which word is it? (a) lap (b) tap (c) cap
- 30.🗺️ Which word is this? (a) tap (b) map (c) cap
- 31.Change the “p” in “tap” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) tan (b) tap (c) pan
- 32.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) o
- 33.Change the “b” in “bad” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) sad (b) bad (c) pad
- 34.Change the “b” in “bat” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) bat (b) ram (c) rat
- 35.Blend the sounds: r – a – n. Which word is it? (a) fan (b) ran (c) can
- 36.🐀 _ a t — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) h (c) f
- 37.🎩 _ a t — which letter is missing? (a) l (b) p (c) h
- 38.👜 Which word is this? (a) bat (b) bag (c) bug
- 39.🚐 _ a n — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) g (c) z
- 40.Which word is “hat”? (a) hat (b) cat (c) bat
Answer key
- cat
- hat
- tap
- a
- a
- van
- hat
- hat
- tap
- cat
- a
- b
- m
- cap
- cat
- map
- a
- bat
- cap
- cat
- can
- cat
- sad
- can
- a
- bag
- t
- can
- lap
- map
- tan
- a
- sad
- rat
- ran
- r
- h
- bag
- v
- hat
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