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 “log”? (a) dog (b) log (c) leg
- 2.🪵 Which word is this? (a) log (b) leg (c) dog
- 3.Which word is “bug”? (a) bag (b) bug (c) hug
- 4.Which word is “run”? (a) run (b) pan (c) van
- 5.Change the “j” in “jug” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) jug (b) bug (c) mug
- 6.🚌 _ u s — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) b (c) v
- 7.🦊 Which word is this? (a) fox (b) dot (c) log
- 8.Change the “h” in “hut” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) hut (b) cut (c) cot
- 9.Change the “h” in “hum” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) gem (b) gum (c) hum
- 10.Blend the sounds: h – u – g. Which word is it? (a) mug (b) hug (c) tug
- 11.Blend the sounds: l – o – t. Which word is it? (a) dot (b) lot (c) let
- 12.Blend the sounds: r – u – g. Which word is it? (a) rag (b) rug (c) bug
- 13.Which word is “box”? (a) box (b) bus (c) bat
- 14.Which word is “hug”? (a) run (b) hug (c) leg
- 15.Change the “j” in “jog” to “l”. Which word do you get? (a) jog (b) leg (c) log
- 16.Blend the sounds: f – u – n. Which word is it? (a) run (b) fun (c) sun
- 17.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) i
- 18.🪵 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) d (c) l
- 19.Change the “g” in “got” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) lot (b) cot (c) got
- 20.⚫ _ o t — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) f (c) c
- 21.Change the “f” in “fog” to “j”. Which word do you get? (a) fog (b) jig (c) jog
- 22.Which word is “nut”? (a) dot (b) sun (c) nut
- 23.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) a
- 24.Change the “g” in “hog” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) hot (b) hop (c) hog
- 25.Blend the sounds: d – o – t. Which word is it? (a) dot (b) dog (c) not
- 26.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) g (c) d
- 27.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) u
- 28.Change the “m” in “mud” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) mud (b) bud (c) bed
- 29.🥜 Which word is this? (a) hat (b) nut (c) tub
- 30.Change the “g” in “tug” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) rub (b) tug (c) tub
- 31.Which word is “dog”? (a) log (b) dot (c) dog
- 32.Blend the sounds: r – o – d. Which word is it? (a) rid (b) rod (c) red
- 33.☕ Which word is this? (a) map (b) cup (c) cat
- 34.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) e
- 35.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) d (c) b
- 36.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 37.🛁 Which word is this? (a) run (b) tub (c) ten
- 38.Blend the sounds: j – o – g. Which word is it? (a) dog (b) hog (c) jog
- 39.Change the “d” in “dot” to “l”. Which word do you get? (a) lit (b) lot (c) dot
- 40.🏃 _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) z (c) r
Answer key
- log
- log
- bug
- run
- bug
- b
- fox
- cut
- gum
- hug
- lot
- rug
- box
- hug
- log
- fun
- u
- l
- cot
- d
- jog
- nut
- o
- hop
- dot
- d
- u
- bud
- nut
- tub
- dog
- rod
- cup
- o
- b
- o
- tub
- jog
- lot
- r
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