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