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