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.Change the “t” in “tug” to “m”. Which word do you get? (a) tug (b) mug (c) rug
- 2.☀️ _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) s (c) d
- 3.Which word is “dog”? (a) dog (b) log (c) dot
- 4.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) i
- 5.Which word is “log”? (a) log (b) leg (c) dog
- 6.Which word is “tub”? (a) tub (b) ten (c) sun
- 7.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) o
- 8.Blend the sounds: s – u – m. Which word is it? (a) gum (b) sum (c) sun
- 9.🪵 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) l (c) w
- 10.Which word is “box”? (a) box (b) bat (c) dog
- 11.Change the “h” in “hum” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) hum (b) sun (c) sum
- 12.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) g (b) v (c) b
- 13.Which word is “nut”? (a) nut (b) bus (c) hat
- 14.Change the “d” in “bud” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) bud (b) bug (c) beg
- 15.Which word is “sun”? (a) van (b) hug (c) sun
- 16.🦊 Which word is this? (a) fox (b) dot (c) log
- 17.☀️ Which word is this? (a) nut (b) sun (c) van
- 18.Change the “j” in “jog” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) jog (b) fog (c) hog
- 19.🏃 Which word is this? (a) run (b) sun (c) van
- 20.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 21.Blend the sounds: m – u – d. Which word is it? (a) mad (b) bud (c) mud
- 22.Blend the sounds: c – u – b. Which word is it? (a) cub (b) cut (c) cup
- 23.Blend the sounds: r – u – n. Which word is it? (a) ran (b) rug (c) run
- 24.Blend the sounds: t – o – p. Which word is it? (a) tap (b) tip (c) top
- 25.Which word is “dot”? (a) dot (b) bat (c) rat
- 26.☕ _ u p — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) s (c) b
- 27.🪵 Which word is this? (a) log (b) leg (c) dog
- 28.Which word is “hug”? (a) run (b) log (c) hug
- 29.📦 Which word is this? (a) box (b) fox (c) bed
- 30.Blend the sounds: j – u – g. Which word is it? (a) bug (b) jig (c) jug
- 31.Which word is “fox”? (a) dog (b) six (c) fox
- 32.Which word is “run”? (a) bug (b) red (c) run
- 33.☕ Which word is this? (a) cup (b) map (c) bug
- 34.🐛 Which word is this? (a) bag (b) hug (c) bug
- 35.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) d (c) j
- 36.Blend the sounds: b – u – s. Which word is it? (a) bug (b) bus (c) bud
- 37.🥜 _ u t — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) n (c) f
- 38.Change the “h” in “hot” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) got (b) hot (c) not
- 39.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) u
- 40.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) e
Answer key
- mug
- s
- dog
- o
- log
- tub
- u
- sum
- l
- box
- sum
- b
- nut
- bug
- sun
- fox
- sun
- fog
- run
- o
- mud
- cub
- run
- top
- dot
- c
- log
- hug
- box
- jug
- fox
- run
- cup
- bug
- d
- bus
- n
- not
- u
- u
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