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