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