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