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