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