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