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