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