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