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