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) dot (b) box (c) fox
- 2.Blend the sounds: c – o – t. Which word is it? (a) cot (b) got (c) not
- 3.Which word is “dot”? (a) net (b) cat (c) dot
- 4.Which word is “box”? (a) bag (b) bat (c) box
- 5.Blend the sounds: s – u – n. Which word is it? (a) sun (b) fun (c) bun
- 6.☀️ Which word is this? (a) hug (b) hen (c) sun
- 7.Blend the sounds: c – u – b. Which word is it? (a) cub (b) rub (c) cup
- 8.Change the “s” in “bus” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) bun (b) bus (c) fun
- 9.Blend the sounds: d – u – g. Which word is it? (a) tug (b) dog (c) dug
- 10.Blend the sounds: d – o – t. Which word is it? (a) pot (b) rot (c) dot
- 11.Change the “j” in “jug” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) jug (b) bug (c) rug
- 12.Which word is “run”? (a) rat (b) run (c) bug
- 13.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
- 14.Blend the sounds: c – o – p. Which word is it? (a) mop (b) cop (c) cot
- 15.Blend the sounds: b – o – x. Which word is it? (a) lot (b) box (c) rot
- 16.Blend the sounds: t – u – b. Which word is it? (a) cub (b) tub (c) tug
- 17.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) a
- 18.Change the “s” in “sum” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) hum (b) sum (c) hug
- 19.🚌 _ u s — which letter is missing? (a) j (b) b (c) v
- 20.Change the “f” in “fox” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) tin (b) box (c) fox
- 21.Change the “g” in “got” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) rot (b) got (c) lot
- 22.Which word is “hug”? (a) hug (b) bus (c) hen
- 23.☕ Which word is this? (a) bug (b) hug (c) cup
- 24.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) o
- 25.🐛 Which word is this? (a) bag (b) bug (c) bus
- 26.Blend the sounds: f – u – n. Which word is it? (a) sun (b) fun (c) fan
- 27.🚌 Which word is this? (a) cup (b) sun (c) bus
- 28.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) u
- 29.Blend the sounds: f – o – x. Which word is it? (a) fox (b) fix (c) fog
- 30.🐛 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) m (c) v
- 31.Change the “g” in “hog” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) hog (b) hot (c) hit
- 32.Which word is “log”? (a) log (b) dog (c) leg
- 33.Which word is “bus”? (a) bat (b) hug (c) bus
- 34.Change the “d” in “rod” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) rod (b) got (c) rot
- 35.Blend the sounds: j – o – g. Which word is it? (a) dog (b) jig (c) jog
- 36.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) i
- 37.☀️ _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) s (c) w
- 38.Blend the sounds: l – o – g. Which word is it? (a) leg (b) log (c) fog
- 39.Blend the sounds: r – u – b. Which word is it? (a) cub (b) rub (c) run
- 40.Blend the sounds: h – o – t. Which word is it? (a) pot (b) hit (c) hot
Answer key
- fox
- cot
- dot
- box
- sun
- sun
- cub
- bun
- dug
- dot
- rug
- run
- o
- cop
- box
- tub
- o
- hum
- b
- box
- rot
- hug
- cup
- u
- bug
- fun
- bus
- u
- fox
- b
- hot
- log
- bus
- rot
- jog
- u
- s
- log
- rub
- hot
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