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