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: h – u – g. Which word is it? (a) jug (b) mug (c) hug
- 2.🐛 Which word is this? (a) bus (b) bug (c) bag
- 3.Which word is “sun”? (a) bus (b) tub (c) sun
- 4.🐶 Which word is this? (a) dot (b) log (c) dog
- 5.Change the “x” in “fox” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) fox (b) fog (c) jog
- 6.Blend the sounds: r – o – t. Which word is it? (a) dot (b) not (c) rot
- 7.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) u
- 8.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) o
- 9.🚌 _ u s — which letter is missing? (a) g (b) b (c) l
- 10.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) m (c) b
- 11.Change the “b” in “bun” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) sun (b) run (c) bun
- 12.🏃 Which word is this? (a) bin (b) van (c) run
- 13.📦 Which word is this? (a) bag (b) box (c) fox
- 14.Blend the sounds: j – o – g. Which word is it? (a) jug (b) jog (c) dog
- 15.Change the “b” in “box” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) fog (b) box (c) fox
- 16.Change the “d” in “dug” to “j”. Which word do you get? (a) hug (b) dug (c) jug
- 17.Blend the sounds: h – u – t. Which word is it? (a) hot (b) cut (c) hut
- 18.🛁 Which word is this? (a) nut (b) tub (c) cup
- 19.Blend the sounds: g – o – t. Which word is it? (a) lot (b) got (c) hot
- 20.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) u
- 21.Change the “m” in “sum” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) sum (b) run (c) sun
- 22.Which word is “hug”? (a) hug (b) hen (c) pig
- 23.🪵 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) l (b) d (c) r
- 24.☕ _ u p — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) w (c) f
- 25.🏃 _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) g
- 26.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) u
- 27.Which word is “run”? (a) bin (b) ten (c) run
- 28.⚫ Which word is this? (a) net (b) dot (c) log
- 29.Change the “p” in “hop” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) fog (b) hop (c) hog
- 30.🦊 Which word is this? (a) dot (b) fox (c) six
- 31.Which word is “dot”? (a) dot (b) bat (c) hat
- 32.🤗 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) h (b) s (c) g
- 33.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) o
- 34.🐛 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) g (b) n (c) b
- 35.🤗 Which word is this? (a) hug (b) bug (c) log
- 36.Which word is “tub”? (a) run (b) tub (c) tap
- 37.Which word is “fox”? (a) log (b) fox (c) dog
- 38.🚌 Which word is this? (a) bus (b) bin (c) run
- 39.Which word is “cup”? (a) map (b) run (c) cup
- 40.🥜 Which word is this? (a) nut (b) cat (c) hug
Answer key
- hug
- bug
- sun
- dog
- fog
- rot
- u
- o
- b
- b
- sun
- run
- box
- jog
- fox
- jug
- hut
- tub
- got
- o
- sun
- hug
- l
- c
- r
- u
- run
- dot
- hog
- fox
- dot
- h
- o
- b
- hug
- tub
- fox
- bus
- cup
- nut
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