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