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