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: b – o – x. Which word is it? (a) dot (b) box (c) big
- 2.☀️ Which word is this? (a) sun (b) pen (c) bug
- 3.Which word is “sun”? (a) sun (b) bus (c) ten
- 4.Which word is “box”? (a) dot (b) box (c) bug
- 5.🦊 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) m (c) f
- 6.Which word is “run”? (a) pen (b) run (c) bus
- 7.🐛 Which word is this? (a) bag (b) bus (c) bug
- 8.Change the “h” in “hog” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) dig (b) hog (c) dog
- 9.🛁 _ u b — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) l (c) t
- 10.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 11.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) o
- 12.🐶 Which word is this? (a) dot (b) log (c) dog
- 13.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) v (c) c
- 14.🐛 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) b (c) s
- 15.Change the “d” in “nod” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) not (b) nut (c) nod
- 16.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) o
- 17.Which word is “dog”? (a) dot (b) log (c) dog
- 18.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) j (b) b (c) c
- 19.Change the “d” in “dug” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) dug (b) hog (c) hug
- 20.📦 Which word is this? (a) log (b) dog (c) box
- 21.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) a
- 22.Change the “c” in “cop” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) tip (b) top (c) cop
- 23.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) i
- 24.Change the “h” in “hug” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) rag (b) rug (c) hug
- 25.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) u
- 26.Blend the sounds: p – o – t. Which word is it? (a) cot (b) not (c) pot
- 27.Change the “m” in “mop” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) tap (b) mop (c) top
- 28.☕ Which word is this? (a) run (b) hug (c) cup
- 29.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) u
- 30.Change the “f” in “fun” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) run (b) fun (c) ran
- 31.🪵 Which word is this? (a) dog (b) leg (c) log
- 32.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) u
- 33.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) u
- 34.🏃 Which word is this? (a) sun (b) pen (c) run
- 35.Change the “t” in “cot” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) cup (b) cop (c) cot
- 36.Change the “t” in “tub” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) tub (b) rub (c) cub
- 37.Which word is “hug”? (a) hug (b) bag (c) leg
- 38.Which word is “dot”? (a) bat (b) log (c) dot
- 39.Change the “t” in “tug” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) dug (b) bug (c) tug
- 40.Blend the sounds: c – o – p. Which word is it? (a) cap (b) cop (c) cup
Answer key
- box
- sun
- sun
- box
- f
- run
- bug
- dog
- t
- u
- o
- dog
- d
- b
- not
- o
- dog
- b
- hug
- box
- o
- top
- u
- rug
- o
- pot
- top
- cup
- u
- run
- log
- o
- u
- run
- cop
- cub
- hug
- dot
- dug
- cop
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