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