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