Grade 1 English Language Arts · CVC Words

Grade 1 CVC Words Practice Test

Build early decoding skills with five 10-question practice tests covering CVC patterns, short vowels, blending, word families, and sound changes.

CVC Words Practice Tests

These Grade 1 English Language Arts practice tests help students read and build consonant-vowel-consonant words. Questions cover short vowels, sound blending, sound segmentation, rhyming word families, spelling, and changing one sound at a time. Each mini test contains 10 multiple-choice questions with answers and explanations.

Skills covered

  • Recognizing CVC word patterns
  • Reading short vowel sounds in closed syllables
  • Blending and segmenting three-sound words
  • Recognizing common CVC word families
  • Changing beginning, middle, and ending sounds

How to use these practice tests

Complete one 10-question test at a time. Stretch each word, say the sounds, and blend them together. Open the solution after answering, then explain which consonant or vowel created the word.

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Grade 1 CVC Words Practice Tests

A 10-question Grade 1 practice test on CVC words, short vowels, blending, segmenting, and word families.

Choose one answer for each question. Open the solution after answering to see the correct answer and explanation.

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Unanswered 10
1. QuestionMultiple choice

Which word can be made by changing the first sound in cat to /h/?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is hat.

  1. Look at the word: Notice the first consonant, middle vowel, and final consonant.
  2. Blend or segment the sounds: Replace /c/ with /h/ to make hat.
  3. Check the word: The correct choice is hat.

Replace /c/ with /h/ to make hat.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

Which word can be made by changing the middle sound in bed to /i/?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is bid.

  1. Look at the word: Notice the first consonant, middle vowel, and final consonant.
  2. Blend or segment the sounds: Change the middle vowel from e to i to make bid.
  3. Check the word: The correct choice is bid.

Change the middle vowel from e to i to make bid.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

Which word can be made by changing the last sound in pig to /n/?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is pin.

  1. Look at the word: Notice the first consonant, middle vowel, and final consonant.
  2. Blend or segment the sounds: Replace final /g/ with /n/ to make pin.
  3. Check the word: The correct choice is pin.

Replace final /g/ with /n/ to make pin.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

Which word can be made by changing the first sound in run to /s/?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is sun.

  1. Look at the word: Notice the first consonant, middle vowel, and final consonant.
  2. Blend or segment the sounds: Replace /r/ with /s/ to make sun.
  3. Check the word: The correct choice is sun.

Replace /r/ with /s/ to make sun.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

Which word has three sounds?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is map.

  1. Look at the word: Notice the first consonant, middle vowel, and final consonant.
  2. Blend or segment the sounds: Map has three separate sounds: /m/, /a/, and /p/.
  3. Check the word: The correct choice is map.

Map has three separate sounds: /m/, /a/, and /p/.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

Which word has four letters but three sounds?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is ship.

  1. Look at the word: Notice the first consonant, middle vowel, and final consonant.
  2. Blend or segment the sounds: Ship has four letters, but sh is one sound, so it has three sounds.
  3. Check the word: The correct choice is ship.

Ship has four letters, but sh is one sound, so it has three sounds.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

Which word is spelled correctly?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is flag.

  1. Look at the word: Notice the first consonant, middle vowel, and final consonant.
  2. Blend or segment the sounds: Flag is the correctly spelled word with the blend fl.
  3. Check the word: The correct choice is flag.

Flag is the correctly spelled word with the blend fl.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

Which word is spelled correctly?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is chop.

  1. Look at the word: Notice the first consonant, middle vowel, and final consonant.
  2. Blend or segment the sounds: Chop is spelled with the digraph ch and short o.
  3. Check the word: The correct choice is chop.

Chop is spelled with the digraph ch and short o.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

Which word is a CVC word with short e?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is leg.

  1. Look at the word: Notice the first consonant, middle vowel, and final consonant.
  2. Blend or segment the sounds: Leg has the CVC pattern and short e.
  3. Check the word: The correct choice is leg.

Leg has the CVC pattern and short e.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

Which word has a short /o/ sound?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is top.

  1. Look at the word: Notice the first consonant, middle vowel, and final consonant.
  2. Blend or segment the sounds: Top has the short o sound in a closed syllable.
  3. Check the word: The correct choice is top.

Top has the short o sound in a closed syllable.

Frequently asked questions about Grade 1 CVC words

What is a CVC word?

A CVC word has a consonant, vowel, consonant pattern, such as cat, bed, pig, hot, or sun. CVC words usually use short vowel sounds.

How many questions are in each practice test?

Each mini test contains 10 multiple-choice questions. The complete page includes five mini tests and 50 questions in total.

How can students practice CVC words?

Have students say each sound, blend the sounds, build the word with letter cards, and change one letter to make a new word.