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