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