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 “log”? (a) dog (b) log (c) leg
- 2.Blend the sounds: s – u – n. Which word is it? (a) run (b) sun (c) sum
- 3.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) i
- 4.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 5.Change the “l” in “log” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) hug (b) hog (c) log
- 6.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) a
- 7.🐛 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) l (b) r (c) b
- 8.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) i
- 9.Blend the sounds: s – u – m. Which word is it? (a) hum (b) sun (c) sum
- 10.Blend the sounds: c – u – b. Which word is it? (a) cup (b) cut (c) cub
- 11.Which word is “nut”? (a) nut (b) tub (c) sun
- 12.Blend the sounds: t – o – p. Which word is it? (a) hop (b) tip (c) top
- 13.Blend the sounds: g – u – m. Which word is it? (a) hum (b) gum (c) gem
- 14.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) o
- 15.Which word is “sun”? (a) sun (b) pan (c) hug
- 16.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) o
- 17.Blend the sounds: m – o – p. Which word is it? (a) mop (b) cop (c) top
- 18.Blend the sounds: n – o – t. Which word is it? (a) rot (b) not (c) nod
- 19.Blend the sounds: b – u – s. Which word is it? (a) bus (b) bun (c) bud
- 20.🏃 _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) g
- 21.Blend the sounds: h – o – g. Which word is it? (a) log (b) hog (c) jog
- 22.Which word is “bug”? (a) bus (b) bag (c) bug
- 23.⚫ _ o t — which letter is missing? (a) h (b) b (c) d
- 24.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) u
- 25.Change the “m” in “mop” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) cop (b) hop (c) mop
- 26.Which word is “hug”? (a) hug (b) tub (c) cup
- 27.Blend the sounds: f – o – x. Which word is it? (a) fox (b) fog (c) fix
- 28.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) j (b) p (c) d
- 29.🏃 Which word is this? (a) bin (b) pin (c) run
- 30.Which word is “box”? (a) bag (b) box (c) bed
- 31.🚌 _ u s — which letter is missing? (a) f (b) b (c) t
- 32.Change the “d” in “dug” to “m”. Which word do you get? (a) mug (b) dug (c) hug
- 33.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) u
- 34.🐛 Which word is this? (a) bug (b) hug (c) bag
- 35.Which word is “run”? (a) van (b) pen (c) run
- 36.🦊 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) f (b) w (c) g
- 37.🪵 Which word is this? (a) leg (b) dog (c) log
- 38.Change the “b” in “box” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) fox (b) box (c) fix
- 39.Which word is “cup”? (a) map (b) zip (c) cup
- 40.📦 Which word is this? (a) fox (b) bag (c) box
Answer key
- log
- sun
- o
- u
- hog
- o
- b
- o
- sum
- cub
- nut
- top
- gum
- u
- sun
- u
- mop
- not
- bus
- r
- hog
- bug
- d
- u
- cop
- hug
- fox
- d
- run
- box
- b
- mug
- o
- bug
- run
- f
- log
- fox
- cup
- box
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