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.Blend the sounds: t – u – g. Which word is it? (a) tug (b) bug (c) hug
- 2.Change the “t” in “cot” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) cot (b) cap (c) cop
- 3.Blend the sounds: h – o – p. Which word is it? (a) hot (b) hip (c) hop
- 4.Change the “p” in “pot” to “l”. Which word do you get? (a) lot (b) log (c) pot
- 5.☕ _ u p — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) j (c) c
- 6.Which word is “tub”? (a) tub (b) tap (c) cup
- 7.Which word is “bus”? (a) bus (b) sun (c) bag
- 8.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) u
- 9.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) e
- 10.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) i
- 11.🪵 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) l (c) s
- 12.🤗 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) v (c) h
- 13.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) i
- 14.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) o
- 15.☕ Which word is this? (a) zip (b) hug (c) cup
- 16.🪵 Which word is this? (a) dog (b) log (c) leg
- 17.Which word is “hug”? (a) hug (b) hen (c) sun
- 18.Blend the sounds: d – o – g. Which word is it? (a) hog (b) log (c) dog
- 19.📦 Which word is this? (a) dot (b) box (c) bus
- 20.Change the “l” in “lot” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) got (b) not (c) lot
- 21.🐶 Which word is this? (a) log (b) dog (c) dot
- 22.Change the “t” in “hot” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) jog (b) hog (c) hot
- 23.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) a
- 24.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) u
- 25.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) u
- 26.🤗 Which word is this? (a) bag (b) hug (c) sun
- 27.Which word is “fox”? (a) log (b) dog (c) fox
- 28.Blend the sounds: t – o – p. Which word is it? (a) top (b) cop (c) tap
- 29.🐛 Which word is this? (a) bus (b) hug (c) bug
- 30.Which word is “run”? (a) hug (b) cup (c) run
- 31.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) i
- 32.🥜 _ u t — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) s (c) h
- 33.⚫ Which word is this? (a) cat (b) dot (c) rat
- 34.⚫ _ o t — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) g (c) p
- 35.🚌 Which word is this? (a) bin (b) bus (c) cup
- 36.Change the “h” in “hog” to “j”. Which word do you get? (a) hog (b) jog (c) jug
- 37.Change the “g” in “gum” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) gum (b) hem (c) hum
- 38.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) d (c) v
- 39.☀️ Which word is this? (a) bug (b) sun (c) van
- 40.Blend the sounds: l – o – g. Which word is it? (a) leg (b) dog (c) log
Answer key
- tug
- cop
- hop
- lot
- c
- tub
- bus
- u
- o
- o
- l
- h
- o
- o
- cup
- log
- hug
- dog
- box
- got
- dog
- hog
- u
- u
- u
- hug
- fox
- top
- bug
- run
- u
- n
- dot
- d
- bus
- jog
- hum
- d
- sun
- log
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