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.Blend the sounds: r – u – n. Which word is it? (a) sun (b) bun (c) run
- 2.☕ _ u p — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) g (c) c
- 3.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) a
- 4.Change the “r” in “rot” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) rot (b) pot (c) not
- 5.Change the “h” in “hot” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) hot (b) rot (c) rat
- 6.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) f (c) z
- 7.Which word is “bus”? (a) hug (b) bus (c) nut
- 8.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 9.🥜 Which word is this? (a) run (b) nut (c) net
- 10.Blend the sounds: d – o – g. Which word is it? (a) dog (b) hog (c) fog
- 11.Which word is “box”? (a) bin (b) box (c) fox
- 12.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) o
- 13.🚌 _ u s — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) b (c) c
- 14.Which word is “sun”? (a) pen (b) cup (c) sun
- 15.Change the “t” in “dot” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) dig (b) dog (c) dot
- 16.Change the “d” in “dog” to “j”. Which word do you get? (a) dog (b) jog (c) hog
- 17.Change the “d” in “dog” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) dog (b) fog (c) log
- 18.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) e
- 19.Which word is “cup”? (a) cup (b) lip (c) run
- 20.🛁 Which word is this? (a) tub (b) nut (c) sun
- 21.⚫ Which word is this? (a) net (b) dog (c) dot
- 22.Which word is “log”? (a) dog (b) leg (c) log
- 23.Blend the sounds: m – u – d. Which word is it? (a) mad (b) bud (c) mud
- 24.Blend the sounds: t – u – b. Which word is it? (a) rub (b) cub (c) tub
- 25.Which word is “hug”? (a) hug (b) cup (c) nut
- 26.Which word is “fox”? (a) fox (b) dot (c) dog
- 27.⚫ _ o t — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) d (c) g
- 28.Change the “l” in “lot” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) lot (b) hot (c) not
- 29.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) i
- 30.Change the “h” in “hop” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) top (b) hop (c) cop
- 31.Change the “p” in “pot” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) cot (b) pot (c) lot
- 32.Which word is “tub”? (a) tub (b) hug (c) nut
- 33.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) u
- 34.Blend the sounds: h – o – p. Which word is it? (a) hip (b) hop (c) cop
- 35.Blend the sounds: t – o – p. Which word is it? (a) tap (b) top (c) cop
- 36.🦊 Which word is this? (a) log (b) fox (c) box
- 37.🏃 Which word is this? (a) bug (b) run (c) bin
- 38.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) i
- 39.Blend the sounds: f – u – n. Which word is it? (a) fan (b) fun (c) run
- 40.🐛 Which word is this? (a) bus (b) hug (c) bug
Answer key
- run
- c
- o
- pot
- rot
- d
- bus
- u
- nut
- dog
- box
- o
- b
- sun
- dog
- jog
- fog
- o
- cup
- tub
- dot
- log
- mud
- tub
- hug
- fox
- d
- hot
- u
- top
- cot
- tub
- u
- hop
- top
- fox
- run
- u
- fun
- bug
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