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) bus (b) tub (c) run
- 2.Change the “b” in “box” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) fog (b) fox (c) box
- 3.Blend the sounds: b – u – s. Which word is it? (a) bun (b) bus (c) bud
- 4.🛁 _ u b — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) t (c) g
- 5.Which word is “log”? (a) leg (b) log (c) dog
- 6.Which word is “tub”? (a) tub (b) nut (c) tap
- 7.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) i
- 8.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 9.⚫ _ o t — which letter is missing? (a) h (b) d (c) z
- 10.🤗 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) h (b) j (c) m
- 11.🪵 Which word is this? (a) log (b) leg (c) dog
- 12.Change the “g” in “fog” to “x”. Which word do you get? (a) fix (b) fox (c) fog
- 13.🏃 _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) m (c) b
- 14.Change the “b” in “bun” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) sun (b) bun (c) fun
- 15.🐶 Which word is this? (a) dog (b) log (c) dot
- 16.Which word is “hug”? (a) bug (b) cup (c) hug
- 17.Which word is “bug”? (a) bug (b) hug (c) bus
- 18.Which word is “bus”? (a) bed (b) bug (c) bus
- 19.☕ _ u p — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) c (c) d
- 20.🏃 Which word is this? (a) bus (b) can (c) run
- 21.Blend the sounds: h – o – t. Which word is it? (a) hut (b) hog (c) hot
- 22.Change the “d” in “rod” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) rod (b) rot (c) got
- 23.🥜 Which word is this? (a) bat (b) net (c) nut
- 24.Change the “p” in “cup” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) cup (b) cut (c) cot
- 25.🛁 Which word is this? (a) run (b) tub (c) sun
- 26.Change the “l” in “lot” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) rot (b) pot (c) lot
- 27.Blend the sounds: h – o – g. Which word is it? (a) hog (b) jog (c) hot
- 28.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) e
- 29.🪵 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) l (c) n
- 30.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) r (c) c
- 31.Change the “d” in “dug” to “j”. Which word do you get? (a) jig (b) jug (c) dug
- 32.Which word is “cup”? (a) map (b) tub (c) cup
- 33.Change the “g” in “got” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) got (b) hot (c) cot
- 34.Blend the sounds: f – o – x. Which word is it? (a) fog (b) fix (c) fox
- 35.☀️ Which word is this? (a) sun (b) pen (c) ten
- 36.Change the “h” in “hop” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) top (b) hop (c) cop
- 37.Which word is “sun”? (a) pan (b) van (c) sun
- 38.Change the “d” in “bud” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) bug (b) bun (c) bud
- 39.🦊 Which word is this? (a) fox (b) six (c) dog
- 40.☀️ _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) j (c) w
Answer key
- bus
- fox
- bus
- t
- log
- tub
- u
- o
- d
- h
- log
- fox
- r
- sun
- dog
- hug
- bug
- bus
- c
- run
- hot
- rot
- nut
- cut
- tub
- pot
- hog
- u
- l
- b
- jug
- cup
- cot
- fox
- sun
- cop
- sun
- bug
- fox
- s
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