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 “log”? (a) log (b) leg (c) dog
- 2.🏃 _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) r (c) t
- 3.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) e
- 4.Blend the sounds: h – o – g. Which word is it? (a) log (b) dog (c) hog
- 5.Change the “n” in “bun” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) bun (b) bug (c) bag
- 6.🐛 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) v (c) m
- 7.🏃 Which word is this? (a) can (b) bug (c) run
- 8.Blend the sounds: c – u – p. Which word is it? (a) cup (b) cap (c) cut
- 9.Which word is “run”? (a) hug (b) run (c) can
- 10.Change the “l” in “log” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) log (b) fig (c) fog
- 11.Which word is “tub”? (a) tub (b) run (c) hug
- 12.⚫ _ o t — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) c (c) z
- 13.Which word is “bug”? (a) hug (b) bag (c) bug
- 14.Which word is “dog”? (a) log (b) dog (c) dot
- 15.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) e
- 16.Blend the sounds: r – o – t. Which word is it? (a) not (b) rat (c) rot
- 17.Blend the sounds: h – o – t. Which word is it? (a) pot (b) hog (c) hot
- 18.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 19.🛁 Which word is this? (a) tub (b) ten (c) tap
- 20.📦 Which word is this? (a) box (b) bat (c) bag
- 21.Change the “b” in “bun” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) bun (b) run (c) sun
- 22.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) i
- 23.Change the “s” in “sun” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) sun (b) bun (c) bus
- 24.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) o
- 25.Blend the sounds: b – u – g. Which word is it? (a) big (b) mug (c) bug
- 26.Blend the sounds: j – u – g. Which word is it? (a) jug (b) jig (c) bug
- 27.🚌 Which word is this? (a) bus (b) cup (c) bag
- 28.Change the “h” in “hug” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) tug (b) hug (c) tag
- 29.Which word is “fox”? (a) six (b) dot (c) fox
- 30.Blend the sounds: r – u – g. Which word is it? (a) bug (b) rug (c) mug
- 31.Change the “r” in “rot” to “l”. Which word do you get? (a) rot (b) lot (c) hot
- 32.Change the “h” in “hot” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) pet (b) hot (c) pot
- 33.Blend the sounds: p – o – t. Which word is it? (a) lot (b) cot (c) pot
- 34.Blend the sounds: n – o – d. Which word is it? (a) rod (b) nod (c) not
- 35.🪵 Which word is this? (a) log (b) dog (c) leg
- 36.Which word is “box”? (a) box (b) bed (c) dog
- 37.🐶 Which word is this? (a) dog (b) dot (c) log
- 38.Which word is “dot”? (a) rat (b) bat (c) dot
- 39.Blend the sounds: c – u – t. Which word is it? (a) cup (b) hut (c) cut
- 40.Blend the sounds: b – u – n. Which word is it? (a) bun (b) bin (c) run
Answer key
- log
- r
- u
- hog
- bug
- b
- run
- cup
- run
- fog
- tub
- d
- bug
- dog
- u
- rot
- hot
- u
- tub
- box
- sun
- u
- bun
- o
- bug
- jug
- bus
- tug
- fox
- rug
- lot
- pot
- pot
- nod
- log
- box
- dog
- dot
- cut
- bun
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