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.Change the “d” in “nod” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) nod (b) not (c) got
- 2.📦 Which word is this? (a) bed (b) box (c) bin
- 3.Which word is “hug”? (a) hug (b) sun (c) leg
- 4.Which word is “box”? (a) box (b) bug (c) fox
- 5.Blend the sounds: h – o – g. Which word is it? (a) hog (b) hop (c) hug
- 6.🏃 Which word is this? (a) red (b) van (c) run
- 7.🤗 Which word is this? (a) bus (b) leg (c) hug
- 8.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) o
- 9.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 10.Which word is “sun”? (a) bug (b) cup (c) sun
- 11.🪵 Which word is this? (a) dog (b) log (c) leg
- 12.🪵 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) h (b) c (c) l
- 13.Blend the sounds: f – u – n. Which word is it? (a) fan (b) run (c) fun
- 14.Change the “l” in “log” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) dog (b) log (c) jog
- 15.Change the “s” in “sun” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) sun (b) fin (c) fun
- 16.🛁 Which word is this? (a) sun (b) tub (c) bus
- 17.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) o
- 18.Change the “x” in “fox” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) log (b) fox (c) fog
- 19.Which word is “tub”? (a) tub (b) hug (c) ten
- 20.Blend the sounds: n – u – t. Which word is it? (a) not (b) nut (c) cut
- 21.Change the “c” in “cot” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) hot (b) cot (c) got
- 22.Change the “h” in “hog” to “j”. Which word do you get? (a) log (b) hog (c) jog
- 23.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) w (c) v
- 24.Change the “h” in “hog” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) hog (b) dot (c) dog
- 25.Blend the sounds: r – u – g. Which word is it? (a) rug (b) mug (c) rag
- 26.🏃 _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) s
- 27.Blend the sounds: n – o – t. Which word is it? (a) not (b) cot (c) got
- 28.Which word is “dot”? (a) log (b) dot (c) dog
- 29.🤗 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) h (b) w (c) j
- 30.Change the “j” in “jog” to “l”. Which word do you get? (a) jog (b) fog (c) log
- 31.Change the “j” in “jog” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) jog (b) log (c) fog
- 32.Change the “h” in “hot” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) nod (b) hot (c) not
- 33.Change the “h” in “hug” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) hug (b) dug (c) bug
- 34.⚫ Which word is this? (a) rat (b) dog (c) dot
- 35.🥜 _ u t — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) p (c) f
- 36.☕ _ u p — which letter is missing? (a) g (b) z (c) c
- 37.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) o
- 38.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) e
- 39.🐶 Which word is this? (a) log (b) dog (c) dot
- 40.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) u
Answer key
- not
- box
- hug
- box
- hog
- run
- hug
- o
- o
- sun
- log
- l
- fun
- dog
- fun
- tub
- u
- fog
- tub
- nut
- got
- jog
- d
- dog
- rug
- r
- not
- dot
- h
- log
- fog
- not
- bug
- dot
- n
- c
- o
- o
- dog
- u
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