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 “dot”? (a) fox (b) dot (c) rat
- 2.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) i
- 3.Which word is “nut”? (a) cup (b) rat (c) nut
- 4.🛁 Which word is this? (a) nut (b) sun (c) tub
- 5.Change the “s” in “sun” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) sun (b) ran (c) run
- 6.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) e
- 7.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) u
- 8.🚌 Which word is this? (a) bus (b) nut (c) run
- 9.Blend the sounds: j – o – g. Which word is it? (a) jog (b) fog (c) dog
- 10.Change the “g” in “mug” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) mud (b) mug (c) mad
- 11.Blend the sounds: m – o – p. Which word is it? (a) map (b) mop (c) cop
- 12.🤗 Which word is this? (a) hat (b) hug (c) pig
- 13.Blend the sounds: r – u – g. Which word is it? (a) bug (b) rug (c) hug
- 14.Change the “c” in “cot” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) pot (b) cot (c) lot
- 15.🦊 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) f (c) l
- 16.Blend the sounds: t – u – g. Which word is it? (a) tug (b) bug (c) rug
- 17.🪵 Which word is this? (a) dog (b) leg (c) log
- 18.Which word is “hug”? (a) hug (b) nut (c) log
- 19.⚫ Which word is this? (a) box (b) net (c) dot
- 20.Blend the sounds: f – u – n. Which word is it? (a) run (b) sun (c) fun
- 21.Which word is “cup”? (a) hug (b) lip (c) cup
- 22.Which word is “bug”? (a) bug (b) bag (c) bus
- 23.Change the “l” in “log” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) fog (b) fig (c) log
- 24.🥜 Which word is this? (a) cup (b) nut (c) bus
- 25.Blend the sounds: c – o – t. Which word is it? (a) cot (b) lot (c) cat
- 26.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) n (c) l
- 27.Blend the sounds: g – o – t. Which word is it? (a) rot (b) pot (c) got
- 28.Which word is “box”? (a) six (b) bug (c) box
- 29.🏃 _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) r (c) t
- 30.Blend the sounds: c – u – p. Which word is it? (a) cub (b) cup (c) cap
- 31.Change the “p” in “cup” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) cup (b) cut (c) cub
- 32.🥜 _ u t — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) c (c) g
- 33.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) e
- 34.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) s (c) b
- 35.🚌 _ u s — which letter is missing? (a) h (b) m (c) b
- 36.Change the “t” in “top” to “m”. Which word do you get? (a) top (b) hop (c) mop
- 37.Blend the sounds: b – u – s. Which word is it? (a) bud (b) bug (c) bus
- 38.🐶 Which word is this? (a) dot (b) dog (c) log
- 39.☕ Which word is this? (a) tap (b) can (c) cup
- 40.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) i
Answer key
- dot
- o
- nut
- tub
- run
- o
- u
- bus
- jog
- mud
- mop
- hug
- rug
- pot
- f
- tug
- log
- hug
- dot
- fun
- cup
- bug
- fog
- nut
- cot
- d
- got
- box
- r
- cup
- cub
- n
- o
- b
- b
- mop
- bus
- dog
- cup
- u
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