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 this? (a) log (b) dot (c) dog
- 2.Which word is “nut”? (a) net (b) bus (c) nut
- 3.Change the “h” in “hop” to “m”. Which word do you get? (a) hop (b) top (c) mop
- 4.🐛 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) g (c) m
- 5.Which word is “fox”? (a) dot (b) fox (c) log
- 6.☕ _ u p — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) s (c) c
- 7.Blend the sounds: h – u – m. Which word is it? (a) hum (b) hut (c) hug
- 8.🤗 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) l (b) m (c) h
- 9.Change the “n” in “nut” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) cub (b) nut (c) cut
- 10.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) u
- 11.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) o
- 12.Blend the sounds: r – u – b. Which word is it? (a) rub (b) rug (c) cub
- 13.Change the “h” in “hut” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) nut (b) hut (c) cut
- 14.🪵 Which word is this? (a) log (b) leg (c) dog
- 15.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) u
- 16.🚌 _ u s — which letter is missing? (a) l (b) b (c) c
- 17.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) p (c) m
- 18.🛁 Which word is this? (a) tub (b) run (c) nut
- 19.Blend the sounds: b – u – s. Which word is it? (a) bun (b) bud (c) bus
- 20.Change the “f” in “fox” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) box (b) bun (c) fox
- 21.Which word is “dot”? (a) log (b) bat (c) dot
- 22.Which word is “run”? (a) bus (b) bin (c) run
- 23.Change the “h” in “hot” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) cot (b) hot (c) not
- 24.Blend the sounds: b – o – x. Which word is it? (a) bed (b) bad (c) box
- 25.Which word is “box”? (a) bug (b) box (c) bat
- 26.Change the “d” in “dug” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) tub (b) dug (c) tug
- 27.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) e
- 28.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) u
- 29.Change the “t” in “tug” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) hug (b) bug (c) tug
- 30.Change the “g” in “got” to “l”. Which word do you get? (a) got (b) let (c) lot
- 31.Blend the sounds: n – o – d. Which word is it? (a) nod (b) rod (c) not
- 32.Blend the sounds: d – o – g. Which word is it? (a) dog (b) dig (c) dug
- 33.🛁 _ u b — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) t (c) z
- 34.🦊 Which word is this? (a) fox (b) six (c) box
- 35.Which word is “bus”? (a) sun (b) tub (c) bus
- 36.Blend the sounds: m – o – p. Which word is it? (a) hop (b) mop (c) map
- 37.Which word is “sun”? (a) cup (b) van (c) sun
- 38.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) i
- 39.Blend the sounds: p – o – t. Which word is it? (a) pet (b) lot (c) pot
- 40.Change the “j” in “jog” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) dog (b) dot (c) jog
Answer key
- dog
- nut
- mop
- b
- fox
- c
- hum
- h
- cut
- u
- o
- rub
- nut
- log
- u
- b
- d
- tub
- bus
- box
- dot
- run
- not
- box
- box
- tug
- u
- u
- hug
- lot
- nod
- dog
- t
- fox
- bus
- mop
- sun
- o
- pot
- dog
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