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