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