CVC Word and Picture Matching Worksheet 27: Short o
Free printable CVC phonics worksheet
This CVC word picture matching worksheet 27 helps children read hop, mop, pop and top and connect each printed word to its shuffled picture. The exact practice set is hop, mop, pop and top.
Worksheet preview
Preview of the short o word and picture matching worksheet (Worksheet 27). Download the PDF for the clean printable page.
Use Alphabet Chart with Picture Prompts (A-Z) to check h and p shapes if needed. Move to arranging every letter in CVC Picture Word Unscrambling Puzzle when the four labels can be read independently.
Hop and pop describe actions, while mop and top name objects. The top is a spinning toy rather than the top edge of something. Pop is represented by a bursting bubble. Introduce those exact meanings before independent matching.
On the short o word and picture matching worksheet page, the pictures run top, pop, mop and hop down the left. This reverses the word order, so every connection requires crossing to a different row.
What is included?
- Four printed word choices: hop, mop, pop, top.
- Four pictures down the left side, ordered top, pop, mop, hop.
- A matching activity on page 1 and a separate answer key with the correct connections on page 2.
- The four-page PDF also contains a thank-you page and terms of use.
Teaching this worksheet
Show the mop and blend m-o-p. Find mop as the second printed choice and connect it to the third picture. Compare hop, listening for h at the beginning.
For short o word and picture matching worksheet, demonstrate a small hopping action safely and discuss the popping bubble. Read pop with p at both ends, then read top with t first.
Check the answer page once pupils finish drawing. Encourage them to trace each line while saying its label. The reversed order can create crossing lines, so distinguish a tracking mistake from a word-reading mistake.
Picture-word activities
- Build mop and top with tiles, replacing only m with t.
- Read pop and notice p in both outer positions.
- Mime hop after reading the label, then point to its picture without following the existing line.
Teaching notes and quick assessment
On this CVC word picture matching worksheet 27, notice whether the pupil reads the whole word or matches from the shared ending and picture position. Ask for the difference between hop and mop before accepting either line.
A secure reader blends all four labels, identifies the distinguishing grapheme and checks the connection for top by rereading it. This follows the decoding emphasis in the Department for Education reading framework. Keep the answer page hidden until all four choices are explained.
Support and next steps
Name the spinning toy top if the learner has not encountered it. Explain pop through the burst bubble rather than asking for the word bubble, which is not a printed choice.
After short o word and picture matching worksheet, dictate hop and pop away from the sheet. Ask the child to identify the different beginnings while preserving the common op ending.
Use short o word and picture matching worksheet after introducing short o and the required consonants. Matching should follow an accurate blend of the label, consistent with the approach in the Department for Education reading framework.
Worksheet 27 answers
The answer page shows the correct connections. Reading the activity pictures from top to bottom:
- top matches word 4 in the right-hand column.
- pop matches word 3 in the right-hand column.
- mop matches word 2 in the right-hand column.
- hop matches word 1 in the right-hand column.
Resource licence
Free for personal, homeschool or single-classroom use under the terms included in the PDF. Resale, redistribution and uploading the file to another website are not permitted.
Questions about this worksheet
Which words are used in worksheet #27?
The resource uses hop, mop, pop and top.
What do pupils do on WME-282?
They read four labels and connect each one to its picture.
Is an answer page included with worksheet #27?
Yes. The second resource page contains the completed answers.
How can I introduce hop and mop?
Say the picture names, blend the printed words and ask the pupil to point to each grapheme before responding.
What should I assess with WME-282?
Check sound order, attention to the medial vowel and an independent blend-back of top.
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