Grade 1 English Language Arts · CVC Words
Build early decoding skills with five 10-question practice tests covering CVC patterns, short vowels, blending, word families, and sound changes.
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.
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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5. Test
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.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is jet.
Jet has a consonant, short e, and final consonant.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is tap.
Replace /m/ with /t/ to make tap.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: C
The correct answer is /d/ /o/ /g/.
Dog can be segmented into /d/, /o/, and /g/.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: D
The correct answer is fin.
Fin ends with the -in pattern.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is man.
Man has the short a sound in the middle.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is bike.
Bike has silent e and a long vowel pattern, not a simple CVC pattern.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: C
The correct answer is hat.
Cat and hat both end with the /t/ sound.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: D
The correct answer is rug.
Blend /r/, /u/, and /g/ to read rug.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is cot.
Change the middle vowel from a to o to make cot.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is hug.
Bug and hug share the -ug word family.
A CVC word has a consonant, vowel, consonant pattern, such as cat, bed, pig, hot, or sun. CVC words usually use short vowel sounds.
Each mini test contains 10 multiple-choice questions. The complete page includes five mini tests and 50 questions in total.
Have students say each sound, blend the sounds, build the word with letter cards, and change one letter to make a new word.
