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