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