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