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