Level 4 of 28
CVC Words List (with Audio)
CVC words are three-letter words built consonant–vowel–consonant, like cat, pin and sun. They are the first words most children can read entirely by sounding out, which makes them the single most useful list in early phonics.
8 words · tap any word to hear it
In the app · Level 4 · CVC Words
cat, dog, pig, sit, bug
Age 4-5
Teaching tip
Point to each letter as your child says its sound, then sweep your finger under the whole word as they blend it. The sweep is what turns three separate sounds into one word.
What’s in the app
You're seeing 8 of 50 words
All 50 are in the app. This page is the reference; the app is where a child does the reading — levels 1–3 are free to try.
- 🎧Every word, not a sampleOver 1,700 words across all 28 levels, each one recorded by a person — not the handful shown here.
- 🗂️All 28 levels, not 8Printables are single sheets. The app teaches the levels in order and keeps track of where your child is up to.
- 🎮Practice, not just a listFour screens per level — Intro, Learn, Practice, Listen — so a child does the reading instead of reading about it.
- ⭐Progress that sticksA journey map, 84 stars and a level-by-level path. Stars never go down.
- 🪜Four capstone challengesReading Ladder, Word Detective, Super Quiz and Compare & Choose — proving a child can decode words they have never seen.
- ✍️Letter tracingGuided finger tracing with stroke order. Impossible with a mouse, natural on a tablet.
- 📊A parent reportWhat your child practised, where they are stuck, and what to do about it.
- 📶Works offlineEvery activity and all 2,000+ clips, on a plane or in the car.
- 🧩Beyond phonics30+ more activities for vocabulary, grammar and sentence building, ages 3–8.
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Watch the lesson
1 videoThe same words, sounded out on screen. Watch together, then practise the list above.
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