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 “bus”? (a) bin (b) bag (c) bus
- 2.Which word is “bug”? (a) bus (b) hug (c) bug
- 3.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) v (c) f
- 4.Which word is “run”? (a) van (b) run (c) rat
- 5.Which word is “dot”? (a) nut (b) bat (c) dot
- 6.🤗 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) h (b) v (c) d
- 7.Which word is “hug”? (a) tub (b) hug (c) sun
- 8.🛁 Which word is this? (a) tub (b) bug (c) web
- 9.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 10.Which word is “tub”? (a) run (b) tub (c) hug
- 11.🛁 _ u b — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) t (c) h
- 12.Change the “n” in “run” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) tub (b) rub (c) run
- 13.Blend the sounds: b – u – g. Which word is it? (a) bug (b) rug (c) bun
- 14.🪵 Which word is this? (a) log (b) leg (c) dog
- 15.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) a
- 16.Change the “s” in “bus” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) bun (b) bus (c) bud
- 17.Change the “n” in “not” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) not (b) lot (c) dot
- 18.Change the “s” in “sun” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) bus (b) sun (c) bun
- 19.🚌 _ u s — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) m (c) b
- 20.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) a
- 21.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) i
- 22.Blend the sounds: h – o – t. Which word is it? (a) lot (b) hat (c) hot
- 23.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) i
- 24.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) i
- 25.Which word is “cup”? (a) map (b) cup (c) cap
- 26.⚫ Which word is this? (a) box (b) hat (c) dot
- 27.Which word is “fox”? (a) fox (b) dot (c) box
- 28.🏃 Which word is this? (a) pen (b) run (c) pan
- 29.☀️ Which word is this? (a) cup (b) run (c) sun
- 30.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) i
- 31.Blend the sounds: f – o – g. Which word is it? (a) hog (b) fig (c) fog
- 32.Change the “d” in “rod” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) rot (b) got (c) rod
- 33.⚫ _ o t — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) m (c) d
- 34.Blend the sounds: t – u – g. Which word is it? (a) mug (b) tug (c) dug
- 35.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) o
- 36.🥜 Which word is this? (a) bat (b) nut (c) run
- 37.Change the “t” in “hot” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) hip (b) hop (c) hot
- 38.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) i
- 39.Change the “b” in “box” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) box (b) fog (c) fox
- 40.Which word is “sun”? (a) run (b) six (c) sun
Answer key
- bus
- bug
- b
- run
- dot
- h
- hug
- tub
- u
- tub
- t
- rub
- bug
- log
- u
- bun
- dot
- bun
- b
- u
- o
- hot
- u
- u
- cup
- dot
- fox
- run
- sun
- o
- fog
- rot
- d
- tug
- o
- nut
- hop
- o
- fox
- sun
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