CVC Words: The Initial Consonant

CVC Words: The Initial Consonant exercise

• Which are consonants and which are vowels?

  Hints

  Consonants and vowels are the names for the two types of letters in the alphabet. CVC words are made up of a consonant, then a vowel, then a consonant.

  The word dog is a CVC word. The d and the g are consonants. The o is a vowel.

  Vowels are the letters, a, e, i, o, and u. Consonants are all the other letters that are not vowels.

  Solution

  Vowels are the letters, a, e, i, o, and u.
  Consonants are all the other letters that are not vowels. The consonants in this picture are, b, f, g, h, j, m, p, s, t, z.

• Which words have the same initial consonant?

  Hints

  Look at each picture. Say the word aloud. What is the first sound you hear?

  Touch the first sound you hear. What letter makes that sound?

  There are four words for each initial consonant.

  Solution

  C Initial Consonant - can, cat, car, cup
  M Initial consonant - mud, man, map, mop

• Fill in the gaps with the correct letter.

  Hints

  Did you say the word aloud? Look at the picture and say the word aloud.

  Touch the first sound you hear. What letter makes that sound?

  Solution

  To work out the first letter of a CVC word:

  • First, we say the word aloud.
  • Next, we touch and say the first sound we hear.
  • Then, we name the letter that makes that sound.

• What are the missing sounds?

  Hints

  Did you say the word aloud? Look at the picture and say the word aloud.

  Touch the first sound you hear. What letter makes that sound?

  What do scissors do? What initial sound do you hear when you say the word?

  Solution

  To work out the first letter of a CVC word:

  • First, we say the word aloud.
  • Next, we touch and say the first sound we hear.
  • Then, we name the letter that makes that sound.
  • Finally, we write the letter in its place.

• Which letter is the initial consonant?

  Hints

  Is the initial consonant the first sound or the last sound you hear when you say a word aloud?

  Consonants and vowels are the names for the two types of letters in the alphabet. Vowels are the letters, a, e, i, o, and u. Consonants are all the other letters that are not vowels.

  In the word met, m is the initial consonant.

  Solution

  When we look for the initial consonant, we are talking about the first sound a letter makes when we say the word.
  In the word hot, the initial consonant is h.

• Can you find the matching pairs?

  Hints

  Remember, all of the words in this example are CVC words.

  How can we work out the initial consonant? What part of the word should you listen to?

  As an example, in the word cat, the initial consonant is c.

  Solution

  We can find the initial consonant by listening to the first sound in a word.

  • Mug and mud both start with m.
  • Bat and bag both start with b.
  • Pig and pan both start with p.
  • Log and leg both start with l.