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