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