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 “fox”? (a) six (b) log (c) fox
- 2.Blend the sounds: p – o – t. Which word is it? (a) pot (b) not (c) pit
- 3.Change the “j” in “jug” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) jug (b) hug (c) rug
- 4.🪵 Which word is this? (a) log (b) leg (c) dog
- 5.Which word is “tub”? (a) tap (b) hug (c) tub
- 6.🐛 Which word is this? (a) bag (b) bug (c) bus
- 7.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) i
- 8.Change the “p” in “pot” to “l”. Which word do you get? (a) log (b) lot (c) pot
- 9.🏃 Which word is this? (a) hen (b) nut (c) run
- 10.🐶 Which word is this? (a) dog (b) log (c) dot
- 11.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 12.Which word is “cup”? (a) cap (b) cup (c) cat
- 13.Change the “h” in “hut” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) cat (b) hut (c) cut
- 14.🪵 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) n (c) l
- 15.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 16.Change the “t” in “top” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) top (b) hop (c) mop
- 17.Blend the sounds: t – o – p. Which word is it? (a) hop (b) mop (c) top
- 18.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) o
- 19.Which word is “nut”? (a) cat (b) sun (c) nut
- 20.🤗 Which word is this? (a) run (b) nut (c) hug
- 21.Blend the sounds: n – o – t. Which word is it? (a) not (b) dot (c) lot
- 22.Which word is “dog”? (a) dog (b) dot (c) log
- 23.Change the “r” in “rot” to “l”. Which word do you get? (a) rot (b) lit (c) lot
- 24.Blend the sounds: d – o – t. Which word is it? (a) not (b) lot (c) dot
- 25.Change the “t” in “lot” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) fog (b) lot (c) log
- 26.⚫ Which word is this? (a) dot (b) cat (c) box
- 27.Which word is “bug”? (a) hug (b) bug (c) bus
- 28.Change the “f” in “fox” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) box (b) pad (c) fox
- 29.Change the “f” in “fog” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) fog (b) dig (c) dog
- 30.Change the “c” in “cub” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) rub (b) rug (c) cub
- 31.Change the “n” in “bun” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) bus (b) bun (c) bud
- 32.Blend the sounds: d – o – g. Which word is it? (a) fog (b) dig (c) dog
- 33.Blend the sounds: t – u – g. Which word is it? (a) tag (b) hug (c) tug
- 34.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) b (c) v
- 35.☕ Which word is this? (a) bug (b) can (c) cup
- 36.Which word is “box”? (a) box (b) bag (c) bin
- 37.🛁 _ u b — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) c (c) b
- 38.Blend the sounds: r – o – d. Which word is it? (a) rod (b) nod (c) red
- 39.Change the “h” in “hot” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) hot (b) rot (c) got
- 40.Change the “s” in “bus” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) bun (b) bus (c) bug
Answer key
- fox
- pot
- hug
- log
- tub
- bug
- o
- lot
- run
- dog
- u
- cup
- cut
- l
- o
- hop
- top
- o
- nut
- hug
- not
- dog
- lot
- dot
- log
- dot
- bug
- box
- dog
- rub
- bud
- dog
- tug
- b
- cup
- box
- t
- rod
- got
- bun
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