Blending CVC words

Blend three letter sounds together to read short words like cat, dog, and pig.

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Blend the sounds: c - a - t. What word do you get? A) car B) cat C) can D) cap
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Blend the sounds: d - o - g. What word do you get? A) dog B) dig C) dad D) den
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Blend the sounds: h - i - t. What word do you get? A) hat B) hot C) hut D) hit
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Blend the sounds p - i - g to write the word. p - i - g blends to make ___
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Which word has the sounds m - u - m? A) mat B) mum C) man D) men
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Blend the sounds s - i - t to write the word. s - i - t blends to make ___
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Match the three sounds to the word they make. Match each item on the left to one on the right. Left: r - u - n, h - o - p, b - i - n, t - a - p Right: run, hop, bin, tap
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Match each set of sounds to the right word. Match each item on the left to one on the right. Left: c - a - t, d - o - g, p - i - g, m - u - m Right: cat, dog, pig, mum
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Blend the sounds: /t/ /e/ /n/. What is the word? The word is ___
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Blend: /f/ /o/ /x/ A) fix B) fox C) fax D) fux
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Answer key

Blending CVC words · for parents and teachers

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cat
c-a-t blends to make 'cat'.
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dog
d-o-g blends to make 'dog'.
3
hit
h-i-t blends to make 'hit'.
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pig
The three sounds p, i, and g blend to make 'pig'.
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mum
m-u-m blends to make 'mum'.
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sit
s-i-t blends to make 'sit'.
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r - u - n → run; h - o - p → hop; b - i - n → bin; t - a - p → tap
Each set of three sounds blends to make the matching word.
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c - a - t → cat; d - o - g → dog; p - i - g → pig; m - u - m → mum
Blending three sounds together gives you the matching CVC word.
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ten
/t/ /e/ /n/ = ten.
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fox
/f/ /o/ /x/ = fox 🦊.