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