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 “rod” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) rod (b) cot (c) rot
- 2.Which word is “log”? (a) log (b) leg (c) dog
- 3.Change the “f” in “fog” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) jog (b) hog (c) fog
- 4.Blend the sounds: b – u – n. Which word is it? (a) bun (b) bus (c) fun
- 5.Change the “c” in “cub” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) rub (b) cub (c) rug
- 6.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) g (c) w
- 7.⚫ _ o t — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) v (c) z
- 8.Blend the sounds: n – o – d. Which word is it? (a) rod (b) nod (c) not
- 9.Which word is “dog”? (a) log (b) dog (c) dot
- 10.Change the “h” in “hop” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) hop (b) top (c) tip
- 11.☕ Which word is this? (a) cup (b) sun (c) run
- 12.Change the “d” in “nod” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) nod (b) got (c) not
- 13.Which word is “fox”? (a) dog (b) fox (c) box
- 14.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) o
- 15.Change the “f” in “fun” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) fun (b) run (c) bun
- 16.Blend the sounds: n – u – t. Which word is it? (a) hut (b) not (c) nut
- 17.🛁 _ u b — which letter is missing? (a) f (b) j (c) t
- 18.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) g (b) f (c) b
- 19.Which word is “cup”? (a) cup (b) run (c) lip
- 20.Change the “f” in “fun” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) run (b) rug (c) fun
- 21.Which word is “sun”? (a) sun (b) can (c) ten
- 22.☀️ Which word is this? (a) sun (b) cup (c) can
- 23.Change the “b” in “box” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) fog (b) box (c) fox
- 24.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 25.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) o
- 26.Blend the sounds: r – o – t. Which word is it? (a) rod (b) rot (c) hot
- 27.Change the “g” in “gum” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) gum (b) hem (c) hum
- 28.Change the “p” in “hop” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) hop (b) hot (c) not
- 29.🐶 Which word is this? (a) log (b) dog (c) dot
- 30.🪵 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) g (b) l (c) b
- 31.🦊 Which word is this? (a) six (b) fox (c) log
- 32.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) u
- 33.Change the “g” in “mug” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) bud (b) mud (c) mug
- 34.Change the “c” in “cot” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) cot (b) pot (c) lot
- 35.☀️ _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) s (c) p
- 36.Change the “c” in “cop” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) top (b) hop (c) cop
- 37.🏃 Which word is this? (a) run (b) sun (c) bin
- 38.Which word is “run”? (a) can (b) nut (c) run
- 39.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) o
- 40.🚌 Which word is this? (a) bin (b) run (c) bus
Answer key
- rot
- log
- hog
- bun
- rub
- d
- d
- nod
- dog
- top
- cup
- not
- fox
- o
- bun
- nut
- t
- b
- cup
- run
- sun
- sun
- fox
- u
- u
- rot
- hum
- hot
- dog
- l
- fox
- u
- mud
- pot
- s
- top
- run
- run
- o
- bus
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