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