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English Vocabulary · Kindergarten Live Review Preview

Phonics and CVC Words

Phonics teaches children how written letters connect to spoken sounds. Learners begin with consonants and short vowels, then move into consonant blends, digraphs—two letters working together, such as sh—and later vowel teams and diphthongs, in which vowel sounds glide together, such as oi in coin.

A CVC word follows a consonant-vowel-consonant pattern, as in cat, bed, and sun. Lessons 1–5 build a short-vowel CVC foundation. Lessons 6–10 use familiar blends, digraphs, consonant clusters, and silent-e extensions so kindergarten learners can keep practising useful decodable words without relying on obscure vocabulary.

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Words 251–260 of 300
#WordPattern / part of speechMeaningSample sentence
251freshadjectiveshort vowel · consonant clusternew or recently madeThe bread is fresh.
252chestnounshort vowel · consonant clusterthe front part of the body below the neckThe medal hung on his chest.
253smellverbshort vowel · consonant clusterto notice an odor with the noseSmell the fresh flower.
254spellverbshort vowel · consonant clusterto name the letters in a wordCan you spell cat?
255snacknounshort vowel · consonant clustera small amount of food between mealsI ate an apple for a snack.
256stacknounshort vowel · consonant clustera neat pile of thingsMake a stack of blocks.
257stuckadjectiveshort vowel · consonant clusterunable to moveThe wheel is stuck in mud.
258trucknounshort vowel · consonant clustera large road vehicle for carrying thingsThe truck carried sand.
259cluckverbshort vowel · consonant clusterto make the short sound of a chickenWe heard the hen cluck.
260cracknounshort vowel · consonant clustera thin broken lineThere is a crack in the old cup.

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1. ___ the fresh flower.

Answer: smell

2. Can you ___ cat?

Answer: spell

3. I ate an apple for a ___.

Answer: snack

4. Make a ___ of blocks.

Answer: stack

5. The wheel is ___ in mud.

Answer: stuck

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