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 “run”? (a) sun (b) bug (c) run
- 2.Change the “b” in “box” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) box (b) fox (c) fix
- 3.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) o
- 4.🐛 Which word is this? (a) bus (b) bag (c) bug
- 5.Which word is “box”? (a) box (b) bus (c) bag
- 6.🤗 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) h (c) n
- 7.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) i
- 8.Change the “g” in “got” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) pot (b) rot (c) got
- 9.Change the “h” in “hot” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) rot (b) hot (c) rod
- 10.☀️ _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) f (b) s (c) d
- 11.Blend the sounds: m – u – g. Which word is it? (a) tug (b) mug (c) hug
- 12.Change the “d” in “mud” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) jug (b) mug (c) mud
- 13.🦊 Which word is this? (a) six (b) fox (c) dog
- 14.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) d (c) h
- 15.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
- 16.🏃 Which word is this? (a) pen (b) run (c) ten
- 17.🪵 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) l (b) w (c) r
- 18.🥜 _ u t — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) r (c) n
- 19.Which word is “fox”? (a) fox (b) box (c) dog
- 20.Change the “b” in “bun” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) bun (b) sun (c) run
- 21.⚫ _ o t — which letter is missing? (a) f (b) d (c) j
- 22.Blend the sounds: g – u – m. Which word is it? (a) hum (b) gem (c) gum
- 23.Which word is “sun”? (a) sun (b) pan (c) hen
- 24.Change the “t” in “tug” to “m”. Which word do you get? (a) tug (b) mud (c) mug
- 25.Change the “d” in “dug” to “m”. Which word do you get? (a) mug (b) hug (c) dug
- 26.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) i
- 27.☕ _ u p — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) t (c) f
- 28.🤗 Which word is this? (a) tub (b) bag (c) hug
- 29.Which word is “dot”? (a) cat (b) nut (c) dot
- 30.🚌 Which word is this? (a) bus (b) tub (c) bug
- 31.Blend the sounds: b – u – s. Which word is it? (a) bud (b) bus (c) bug
- 32.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) a
- 33.Blend the sounds: h – u – g. Which word is it? (a) bug (b) tug (c) hug
- 34.🐛 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) g (c) s
- 35.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) o
- 36.🐶 Which word is this? (a) dog (b) dot (c) log
- 37.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) f (c) b
- 38.Which word is “dog”? (a) dot (b) dog (c) log
- 39.🛁 Which word is this? (a) bus (b) tub (c) bug
- 40.Blend the sounds: f – o – g. Which word is it? (a) dog (b) fog (c) fig
Answer key
- run
- fox
- o
- bug
- box
- h
- o
- pot
- rot
- s
- mug
- mug
- fox
- d
- o
- run
- l
- n
- fox
- sun
- d
- gum
- sun
- mug
- mug
- u
- c
- hug
- dot
- bus
- bus
- u
- hug
- b
- u
- dog
- b
- dog
- tub
- fog
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