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