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.🐛 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) n (c) z
- 2.Which word is “log”? (a) dog (b) log (c) leg
- 3.Change the “l” in “lot” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) lot (b) dot (c) rot
- 4.Change the “d” in “dog” to “j”. Which word do you get? (a) fog (b) jog (c) dog
- 5.☕ _ u p — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) l (c) p
- 6.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 7.Which word is “fox”? (a) fox (b) six (c) dot
- 8.🛁 _ u b — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) v (c) w
- 9.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) a
- 10.Change the “d” in “nod” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) lot (b) not (c) nod
- 11.Change the “f” in “fox” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) box (b) fox (c) ham
- 12.Which word is “box”? (a) box (b) bin (c) bus
- 13.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) e
- 14.🥜 Which word is this? (a) dot (b) nut (c) run
- 15.Which word is “cup”? (a) cup (b) zip (c) sun
- 16.🚌 _ u s — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) b (c) h
- 17.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) i
- 18.Which word is “bug”? (a) bug (b) bag (c) hug
- 19.Blend the sounds: l – o – t. Which word is it? (a) rot (b) got (c) lot
- 20.Which word is “tub”? (a) run (b) tub (c) bus
- 21.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) o
- 22.Which word is “dot”? (a) cat (b) dot (c) rat
- 23.Blend the sounds: l – o – g. Which word is it? (a) fog (b) jog (c) log
- 24.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) u
- 25.Which word is “bus”? (a) bus (b) tub (c) bed
- 26.Blend the sounds: c – u – b. Which word is it? (a) tub (b) cub (c) cup
- 27.🐶 Which word is this? (a) dot (b) log (c) dog
- 28.Blend the sounds: f – u – n. Which word is it? (a) bun (b) fun (c) fin
- 29.Change the “m” in “mug” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) mug (b) tug (c) bug
- 30.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) o
- 31.🪵 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) l (b) s (c) g
- 32.Which word is “nut”? (a) cup (b) nut (c) bug
- 33.Blend the sounds: j – o – g. Which word is it? (a) jog (b) jug (c) fog
- 34.Change the “p” in “cup” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) cup (b) cub (c) cut
- 35.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 36.🏃 Which word is this? (a) pan (b) run (c) van
- 37.Change the “m” in “mop” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) mop (b) top (c) cop
- 38.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) e
- 39.Which word is “sun”? (a) pen (b) ten (c) sun
- 40.Change the “t” in “cot” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) cop (b) cot (c) top
Answer key
- b
- log
- rot
- jog
- c
- o
- fox
- t
- u
- not
- box
- box
- o
- nut
- cup
- b
- u
- bug
- lot
- tub
- u
- dot
- log
- u
- bus
- cub
- dog
- fun
- bug
- u
- l
- nut
- jog
- cub
- o
- run
- cop
- u
- sun
- cop
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