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.Change the “g” in “tug” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) tug (b) tub (c) rub
- 2.🐛 Which word is this? (a) bag (b) bug (c) bus
- 3.Blend the sounds: t – u – b. Which word is it? (a) tug (b) tub (c) cub
- 4.Blend the sounds: n – o – d. Which word is it? (a) nod (b) not (c) rod
- 5.Blend the sounds: h – o – p. Which word is it? (a) top (b) hog (c) hop
- 6.🪵 Which word is this? (a) dog (b) leg (c) log
- 7.Which word is “nut”? (a) bug (b) cat (c) nut
- 8.🛁 _ u b — which letter is missing? (a) f (b) n (c) t
- 9.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) h (c) z
- 10.Change the “f” in “fun” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) bud (b) fun (c) bun
- 11.Change the “d” in “rod” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) rod (b) got (c) rot
- 12.🤗 Which word is this? (a) run (b) bag (c) hug
- 13.Which word is “run”? (a) run (b) rat (c) sun
- 14.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) f (c) v
- 15.🏃 _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) v (c) r
- 16.🤗 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) h (c) w
- 17.Change the “t” in “top” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) top (b) mop (c) hop
- 18.🐶 Which word is this? (a) log (b) dog (c) dot
- 19.🦊 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) f (c) d
- 20.☀️ Which word is this? (a) pin (b) bus (c) sun
- 21.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) a
- 22.Change the “p” in “hop” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) hop (b) hat (c) hot
- 23.Change the “m” in “mop” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) mop (b) cop (c) cap
- 24.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) u
- 25.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) o
- 26.Which word is “dot”? (a) dot (b) log (c) box
- 27.Which word is “tub”? (a) cup (b) tub (c) sun
- 28.Change the “l” in “log” to “j”. Which word do you get? (a) log (b) fog (c) jog
- 29.Change the “c” in “cop” to “m”. Which word do you get? (a) top (b) cop (c) mop
- 30.Change the “s” in “sun” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) sun (b) fan (c) fun
- 31.Blend the sounds: j – o – g. Which word is it? (a) dog (b) fog (c) jog
- 32.Which word is “fox”? (a) dot (b) dog (c) fox
- 33.Which word is “hug”? (a) sun (b) hug (c) dog
- 34.Change the “d” in “dug” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) dug (b) rug (c) bug
- 35.🪵 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) j (b) l (c) n
- 36.Change the “m” in “sum” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) run (b) sun (c) sum
- 37.Blend the sounds: s – u – n. Which word is it? (a) bun (b) run (c) sun
- 38.Blend the sounds: g – u – m. Which word is it? (a) gum (b) gem (c) hum
- 39.Change the “d” in “bud” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) run (b) bun (c) bud
- 40.📦 Which word is this? (a) fox (b) box (c) bag
Answer key
- tub
- bug
- tub
- nod
- hop
- log
- nut
- t
- b
- bun
- rot
- hug
- run
- d
- r
- h
- hop
- dog
- f
- sun
- o
- hot
- cop
- u
- o
- dot
- tub
- jog
- mop
- fun
- jog
- fox
- hug
- rug
- l
- sun
- sun
- gum
- bun
- box
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