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