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