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