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