CVC Words

CVC stands for Consonant-Vowel-Consonant. These are three-letter words where the first and last letters are consonants and the middle letter is a vowel.

pig

pig

net

cut

gum

bed

A vowel is a letter that represents a speech sound made with the vocal tract open. The vowels in English are A, E, I, O, U.

Consonants are letters that represent speech sounds made by obstructing airflow. Examples include B, C, D, F, G, etc.

Three letters: one consonant, one vowel, and one consonant.