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