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