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