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.Blend the sounds: m – u – d. Which word is it? (a) mud (b) mug (c) bud
- 2.Blend the sounds: s – u – m. Which word is it? (a) hum (b) gum (c) sum
- 3.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) o
- 4.☀️ Which word is this? (a) tub (b) pan (c) sun
- 5.Which word is “dog”? (a) log (b) dog (c) dot
- 6.🏃 _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) f (b) r (c) l
- 7.🥜 _ u t — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) n (c) r
- 8.Which word is “nut”? (a) bus (b) nut (c) bat
- 9.Change the “b” in “bun” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) bun (b) fun (c) sun
- 10.Change the “f” in “fun” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) run (b) fun (c) rub
- 11.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) o
- 12.Which word is “dot”? (a) dog (b) dot (c) nut
- 13.🥜 Which word is this? (a) cat (b) bat (c) nut
- 14.Blend the sounds: c – o – p. Which word is it? (a) cot (b) cop (c) cap
- 15.Which word is “log”? (a) leg (b) log (c) dog
- 16.Blend the sounds: b – o – x. Which word is it? (a) hog (b) beg (c) box
- 17.🛁 Which word is this? (a) web (b) tub (c) ten
- 18.🚌 Which word is this? (a) bed (b) bus (c) tub
- 19.Blend the sounds: n – o – t. Which word is it? (a) lot (b) not (c) pot
- 20.☕ _ u p — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) f (c) c
- 21.Change the “b” in “box” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) fox (b) box (c) fog
- 22.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) a
- 23.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 24.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) g (b) n (c) b
- 25.Which word is “cup”? (a) zip (b) tub (c) cup
- 26.🦊 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) h (b) b (c) f
- 27.Change the “l” in “log” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) jog (b) log (c) hog
- 28.Change the “d” in “rod” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) rod (b) pot (c) rot
- 29.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) i
- 30.Blend the sounds: b – u – s. Which word is it? (a) bun (b) bus (c) bud
- 31.Blend the sounds: h – o – g. Which word is it? (a) log (b) dog (c) hog
- 32.Blend the sounds: h – u – m. Which word is it? (a) hut (b) ham (c) hum
- 33.Change the “c” in “cub” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) run (b) cub (c) rub
- 34.Which word is “bus”? (a) bus (b) nut (c) bag
- 35.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) i
- 36.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 37.Which word is “fox”? (a) dog (b) fox (c) six
- 38.🤗 Which word is this? (a) hug (b) hat (c) sun
- 39.Change the “g” in “tug” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) cub (b) tug (c) tub
- 40.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) l (b) d (c) w
Answer key
- mud
- sum
- o
- sun
- dog
- r
- n
- nut
- sun
- run
- o
- dot
- nut
- cop
- log
- box
- tub
- bus
- not
- c
- fox
- u
- u
- b
- cup
- f
- hog
- rot
- o
- bus
- hog
- hum
- rub
- bus
- u
- u
- fox
- hug
- tub
- d
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