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.Change the “g” in “hog” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) hog (b) dot (c) hot
- 2.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) w (c) h
- 3.Change the “t” in “tug” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) bun (b) bug (c) tug
- 4.⚫ Which word is this? (a) bat (b) dot (c) rat
- 5.Blend the sounds: d – o – t. Which word is it? (a) lot (b) dot (c) rot
- 6.Which word is “log”? (a) leg (b) dog (c) log
- 7.Which word is “hug”? (a) hug (b) bag (c) bus
- 8.Change the “s” in “bus” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) bus (b) bun (c) bug
- 9.📦 Which word is this? (a) dot (b) log (c) box
- 10.Blend the sounds: f – o – x. Which word is it? (a) box (b) fog (c) fox
- 11.Which word is “run”? (a) run (b) pan (c) sun
- 12.Change the “g” in “got” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) got (b) rot (c) cot
- 13.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) a
- 14.Change the “h” in “hog” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) hog (b) fog (c) dog
- 15.Blend the sounds: h – u – t. Which word is it? (a) hat (b) hit (c) hut
- 16.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) e
- 17.🥜 _ u t — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) n (c) c
- 18.🤗 Which word is this? (a) bag (b) hug (c) hat
- 19.🥜 Which word is this? (a) hat (b) bus (c) nut
- 20.🐛 Which word is this? (a) bag (b) hug (c) bug
- 21.Change the “n” in “nut” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) cut (b) hut (c) nut
- 22.Blend the sounds: m – o – p. Which word is it? (a) cop (b) hop (c) mop
- 23.Change the “t” in “tub” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) rug (b) tub (c) rub
- 24.Blend the sounds: c – o – p. Which word is it? (a) cop (b) cap (c) cup
- 25.Which word is “bug”? (a) bus (b) hug (c) bug
- 26.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) e
- 27.☕ Which word is this? (a) lip (b) map (c) cup
- 28.Which word is “dot”? (a) dot (b) hat (c) fox
- 29.Which word is “bus”? (a) bat (b) nut (c) bus
- 30.☀️ Which word is this? (a) hen (b) sun (c) bug
- 31.Change the “r” in “rub” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) cub (b) rub (c) cup
- 32.Which word is “fox”? (a) dot (b) fox (c) box
- 33.Blend the sounds: f – u – n. Which word is it? (a) bun (b) fun (c) run
- 34.Blend the sounds: n – o – d. Which word is it? (a) nod (b) rod (c) not
- 35.Change the “h” in “hot” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) hot (b) rot (c) got
- 36.Which word is “sun”? (a) sun (b) run (c) bus
- 37.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) i
- 38.🤗 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) h (b) r (c) w
- 39.☀️ _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) h (b) l (c) s
- 40.🦊 Which word is this? (a) dog (b) fox (c) dot
Answer key
- hot
- d
- bug
- dot
- dot
- log
- hug
- bug
- box
- fox
- run
- rot
- u
- fog
- hut
- o
- n
- hug
- nut
- bug
- hut
- mop
- rub
- cop
- bug
- o
- cup
- dot
- bus
- sun
- cub
- fox
- fun
- nod
- got
- sun
- u
- h
- s
- fox
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