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The Short A Sound
Reading practice with words built on a short a.
- Ages 6–8
- Starter · A1
- 14 words
The words
Every word in this set, with what it means. Tap a word to hear it.
- cat
- a small animal that says meow
- can
- to be able to do something
- park
- an open green place where people walk and play
- fat
- wide and heavy around the middle
- jam
- a sweet spread made by boiling fruit with sugar
- mat
- a small piece of thick cloth for the floor
- bat
- a wooden stick for hitting a ball in a game
- fan
- a machine that blows air to cool you
- farm
- land where crops grow and animals are kept
- van
- a covered vehicle for carrying goods
- rat
- an animal like a large mouse
- flag
- a piece of cloth with a pattern that stands for a country
- dark
- with little or no light
- nap
- a short sleep in the daytime
