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