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