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 “box”? (a) box (b) fox (c) bag
- 2.Which word is “cup”? (a) cup (b) nut (c) bus
- 3.🛁 _ u b — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) t (c) g
- 4.🦊 Which word is this? (a) box (b) six (c) fox
- 5.Change the “d” in “mud” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) mug (b) dug (c) mud
- 6.Blend the sounds: d – o – g. Which word is it? (a) dug (b) log (c) dog
- 7.🚌 Which word is this? (a) cup (b) bus (c) bug
- 8.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) u
- 9.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) u
- 10.🐛 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) h (c) b
- 11.Change the “d” in “rod” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) rod (b) pot (c) rot
- 12.Change the “l” in “log” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) jog (b) log (c) dog
- 13.Blend the sounds: l – o – t. Which word is it? (a) let (b) cot (c) lot
- 14.Blend the sounds: h – u – m. Which word is it? (a) hug (b) hut (c) hum
- 15.⚫ _ o t — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) f (c) t
- 16.🤗 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) h (b) l (c) g
- 17.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) o
- 18.Blend the sounds: b – u – n. Which word is it? (a) bun (b) bug (c) bin
- 19.Which word is “dot”? (a) dot (b) net (c) nut
- 20.Change the “h” in “hop” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) cap (b) cop (c) hop
- 21.🦊 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) f (c) v
- 22.Change the “c” in “cop” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) mop (b) top (c) cop
- 23.🏃 _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) t (c) r
- 24.Blend the sounds: n – u – t. Which word is it? (a) nut (b) net (c) cut
- 25.Which word is “bus”? (a) sun (b) bus (c) tub
- 26.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) e
- 27.Which word is “log”? (a) leg (b) dog (c) log
- 28.Which word is “sun”? (a) hug (b) tub (c) sun
- 29.Change the “b” in “box” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) fog (b) fox (c) box
- 30.Blend the sounds: t – u – b. Which word is it? (a) tug (b) cub (c) tub
- 31.🐛 Which word is this? (a) hug (b) bug (c) bag
- 32.Change the “n” in “nod” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) nod (b) rod (c) red
- 33.Change the “f” in “fun” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) bun (b) bud (c) fun
- 34.🤗 Which word is this? (a) leg (b) pig (c) hug
- 35.Blend the sounds: f – o – x. Which word is it? (a) fox (b) fix (c) fog
- 36.Which word is “hug”? (a) sun (b) tub (c) hug
- 37.Change the “j” in “jog” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) jog (b) hog (c) fog
- 38.Blend the sounds: r – o – t. Which word is it? (a) rod (b) cot (c) rot
- 39.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) a
- 40.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) i
Answer key
- box
- cup
- t
- fox
- mug
- dog
- bus
- u
- u
- b
- rot
- dog
- lot
- hum
- d
- h
- u
- bun
- dot
- cop
- f
- top
- r
- nut
- bus
- u
- log
- sun
- fox
- tub
- bug
- rod
- bun
- hug
- fox
- hug
- fog
- rot
- u
- o
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