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