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