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 “hug”? (a) bag (b) hug (c) nut
- 2.🪵 Which word is this? (a) leg (b) log (c) dog
- 3.Blend the sounds: b – u – n. Which word is it? (a) bun (b) bin (c) sun
- 4.Change the “c” in “cot” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) pot (b) lot (c) cot
- 5.Blend the sounds: t – u – g. Which word is it? (a) tug (b) jug (c) rug
- 6.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
- 7.☀️ _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) d (c) t
- 8.Change the “f” in “fox” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) cot (b) box (c) fox
- 9.Which word is “box”? (a) box (b) bin (c) dot
- 10.🏃 Which word is this? (a) hen (b) bug (c) run
- 11.Which word is “bug”? (a) bus (b) hug (c) bug
- 12.🐶 Which word is this? (a) dot (b) log (c) dog
- 13.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) o
- 14.Blend the sounds: d – o – g. Which word is it? (a) dog (b) dig (c) log
- 15.Blend the sounds: c – u – b. Which word is it? (a) tub (b) rub (c) cub
- 16.Change the “m” in “mud” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) mud (b) bud (c) bug
- 17.Blend the sounds: b – o – x. Which word is it? (a) bus (b) fix (c) box
- 18.⚫ Which word is this? (a) dot (b) nut (c) net
- 19.🚌 Which word is this? (a) bag (b) bus (c) sun
- 20.🥜 Which word is this? (a) run (b) nut (c) net
- 21.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) e
- 22.Which word is “dog”? (a) dot (b) log (c) dog
- 23.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 24.Which word is “fox”? (a) log (b) fox (c) six
- 25.Change the “p” in “cup” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) cut (b) cat (c) cup
- 26.Blend the sounds: n – o – t. Which word is it? (a) nod (b) not (c) lot
- 27.🤗 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) b (c) h
- 28.Change the “n” in “nut” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) hut (b) nut (c) hot
- 29.☀️ Which word is this? (a) hug (b) bus (c) sun
- 30.Blend the sounds: g – u – m. Which word is it? (a) gum (b) sum (c) gem
- 31.Blend the sounds: n – u – t. Which word is it? (a) not (b) cut (c) nut
- 32.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) o
- 33.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) i
- 34.🚌 _ u s — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) b (c) f
- 35.Change the “t” in “cut” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) cup (b) cut (c) cub
- 36.Change the “d” in “dug” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) dug (b) tug (c) bug
- 37.Change the “c” in “cot” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) cot (b) rat (c) rot
- 38.Which word is “run”? (a) red (b) run (c) pan
- 39.Which word is “sun”? (a) six (b) sun (c) nut
- 40.Change the “g” in “dog” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) pot (b) dot (c) dog
Answer key
- hug
- log
- bun
- pot
- tug
- u
- s
- box
- box
- run
- bug
- dog
- o
- dog
- cub
- bud
- box
- dot
- bus
- nut
- o
- dog
- o
- fox
- cut
- not
- h
- hut
- sun
- gum
- nut
- u
- u
- b
- cub
- tug
- rot
- run
- sun
- dot
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