CV Words
One syllable words with one consonant before the vowel and no consonant after it. C stands for a consonant sound and V for a vowel sound.
These patterns count sounds, not letters. Catch is CVC because /tʃ/ is one sound, and boat is CVC because /əʊ/ is one vowel.
- bar
- bare
- bay
- be
- bear
- bee
- beer
- boar
- bore
- bough
- boy
- buoy
- buy
- by
- bye
- car
- care
- chair
- cheer
- chew
- chore
- coo
- core
- corps
- coup
- cow
- dare
- day
- dear
- deer
- die
- do
- door
- dough
- dye
- ewe
- fair
- far
- fare
- fear
- fee
- fire
- for
- four
- fur
- gear
- gnaw
- gnu
- go
- guy
- hair
- hay
- he
- hear
- her
- here
- hey
- hi
- high
- hire
- how
- huh
- jar
- jaw
- jeer
- joy
- key
- knee
- know
- lair
- law
- lay
- leer
- lie
- low
- lure
- mare
- may
- mayor
- me
- mere
- moor
- more
- my
- myrrh
- near
- neigh
- no
- nor
- now
- pair
- pare
- paw
- pay
- pea
- pear
- peer
- per
- pie
- poor
- pore
- pour
- power
- purr
- pyre
- quay
- rare
- raw
- ray
- rear
- roar
- row
- rue
- saw
- say
- sea
- sear
- see
- sew
- share
- she
- sheer
- shoe
- shore
- show
- shy
- sigh
- sir
- sire
- so
- soar
- sore
- sour
- sow
- sue
- sure
- tea
- tear
- thaw
- the
- their
- there
- they
- they're
- thigh
- though
- thy
- tie
- tire
- to
- toe
- too
- tour
- toy
- two
- tyre
- veer
- vow
- war
- way
- we
- we're
- wear
- weigh
- were
- where
- who
- whoa
- why
- wire
- woe
- wore
- wow
- yay
- yeah
- year
- you
- you're
- your
- zoo