CVC Words Worksheet – Short o and u
How the sounds work (Sound it out, then blend): Say each sound: b – u – s. Blend them into one word: bus. Short o is the sound in “dog”; short u is the sound in “sun”.
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- 1.Which word is “cup”? (a) nut (b) cup (c) zip
- 2.📦 Which word is this? (a) box (b) bus (c) bag
- 3.Which word is “run”? (a) can (b) run (c) red
- 4.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) o
- 5.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 6.Change the “n” in “bun” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) bud (b) bun (c) bad
- 7.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) d (c) m
- 8.Change the “g” in “got” to “l”. Which word do you get? (a) lot (b) got (c) cot
- 9.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) a
- 10.Change the “r” in “run” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) sum (b) run (c) sun
- 11.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) u
- 12.Which word is “dog”? (a) dot (b) log (c) dog
- 13.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) i
- 14.Change the “d” in “nod” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) net (b) nod (c) not
- 15.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 16.Change the “g” in “got” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) lot (b) cot (c) got
- 17.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 18.Blend the sounds: r – o – d. Which word is it? (a) rot (b) rod (c) rid
- 19.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) o
- 20.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) c (c) h
- 21.Change the “g” in “got” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) got (b) hop (c) hot
- 22.Change the “f” in “fox” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) net (b) fox (c) box
- 23.Change the “m” in “mop” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) top (b) mop (c) cop
- 24.🛁 Which word is this? (a) tub (b) run (c) hug
- 25.Which word is “sun”? (a) pen (b) cup (c) sun
- 26.☀️ _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) w (c) l
- 27.🥜 Which word is this? (a) bus (b) bug (c) nut
- 28.Which word is “bus”? (a) bus (b) bat (c) box
- 29.Which word is “tub”? (a) sun (b) bus (c) tub
- 30.Blend the sounds: l – o – t. Which word is it? (a) let (b) log (c) lot
- 31.Blend the sounds: f – o – g. Which word is it? (a) fox (b) log (c) fog
- 32.🛁 _ u b — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) c (c) j
- 33.🐶 Which word is this? (a) log (b) dot (c) dog
- 34.🤗 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) h (c) s
- 35.🦊 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) w (c) f
- 36.Which word is “box”? (a) box (b) bed (c) log
- 37.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) o
- 38.Change the “p” in “cup” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) cup (b) cat (c) cut
- 39.Change the “b” in “box” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) box (b) fog (c) fox
- 40.🤗 Which word is this? (a) cup (b) sun (c) hug
Answer key
- cup
- box
- run
- o
- u
- bud
- d
- lot
- o
- sun
- u
- dog
- o
- not
- u
- cot
- u
- rod
- o
- b
- hot
- box
- cop
- tub
- sun
- s
- nut
- bus
- tub
- lot
- fog
- t
- dog
- h
- f
- box
- o
- cut
- fox
- hug
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