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.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 2.🛁 _ u b — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) t (c) r
- 3.Change the “h” in “hot” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) got (b) hot (c) rot
- 4.Which word is “dot”? (a) box (b) hat (c) dot
- 5.Blend the sounds: r – o – t. Which word is it? (a) hot (b) rot (c) dot
- 6.Which word is “cup”? (a) cup (b) can (c) tub
- 7.Blend the sounds: j – u – g. Which word is it? (a) jug (b) jig (c) mug
- 8.🐛 Which word is this? (a) bag (b) bug (c) bus
- 9.Change the “f” in “fun” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) rug (b) fun (c) run
- 10.🤗 Which word is this? (a) hen (b) hug (c) hat
- 11.Blend the sounds: s – u – m. Which word is it? (a) sum (b) gum (c) sun
- 12.Blend the sounds: b – u – n. Which word is it? (a) fun (b) bun (c) bud
- 13.🏃 _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) f (b) v (c) r
- 14.☀️ Which word is this? (a) pan (b) sun (c) bus
- 15.🥜 _ u t — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) g (c) z
- 16.Which word is “fox”? (a) dot (b) fox (c) six
- 17.Which word is “box”? (a) bat (b) bin (c) box
- 18.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) u
- 19.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) e
- 20.🐶 Which word is this? (a) log (b) dog (c) dot
- 21.Blend the sounds: h – o – p. Which word is it? (a) top (b) hot (c) hop
- 22.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) a
- 23.Blend the sounds: h – o – t. Which word is it? (a) got (b) hot (c) hop
- 24.Change the “b” in “bun” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) run (b) bun (c) fun
- 25.Which word is “dog”? (a) dot (b) log (c) dog
- 26.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) e
- 27.Change the “g” in “tug” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) rub (b) tug (c) tub
- 28.Change the “x” in “fox” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) fog (b) fox (c) fig
- 29.Which word is “tub”? (a) tub (b) hug (c) nut
- 30.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) o
- 31.Change the “g” in “rug” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) rug (b) sun (c) run
- 32.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) u
- 33.Change the “b” in “box” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) box (b) fix (c) fox
- 34.Blend the sounds: b – u – g. Which word is it? (a) bug (b) big (c) beg
- 35.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) u
- 36.Which word is “log”? (a) leg (b) log (c) dog
- 37.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) o
- 38.Which word is “nut”? (a) nut (b) bug (c) hat
- 39.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) n (c) r
- 40.Change the “c” in “cot” to “l”. Which word do you get? (a) cot (b) lit (c) lot
Answer key
- u
- t
- rot
- dot
- rot
- cup
- jug
- bug
- run
- hug
- sum
- bun
- r
- sun
- n
- fox
- box
- u
- u
- dog
- hop
- o
- hot
- fun
- dog
- u
- tub
- fog
- tub
- o
- run
- u
- fox
- bug
- u
- log
- o
- nut
- b
- lot
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