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