V Words

One syllable words with no 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.

• a
• air
• are
• awe
• ear
• eh
• eye
• heir
• hour
• oar
• or
• ore
• our
• owe

Other Sound Patterns