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