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 “box”? (a) box (b) bag (c) bed
- 2.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) o
- 3.☕ _ u p — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) c (c) m
- 4.Which word is “sun”? (a) hen (b) hug (c) sun
- 5.Blend the sounds: h – u – m. Which word is it? (a) ham (b) hum (c) gum
- 6.Which word is “dog”? (a) dot (b) dog (c) log
- 7.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) c (c) b
- 8.Which word is “fox”? (a) dot (b) six (c) fox
- 9.Which word is “nut”? (a) bug (b) nut (c) rat
- 10.⚫ _ o t — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) p (c) z
- 11.📦 Which word is this? (a) six (b) bed (c) box
- 12.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) o
- 13.☕ Which word is this? (a) cup (b) map (c) can
- 14.Change the “g” in “got” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) pet (b) pot (c) got
- 15.Blend the sounds: t – u – g. Which word is it? (a) mug (b) tug (c) jug
- 16.Change the “g” in “got” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) rot (b) hot (c) got
- 17.Blend the sounds: n – o – t. Which word is it? (a) not (b) cot (c) hot
- 18.Blend the sounds: m – u – d. Which word is it? (a) mud (b) mad (c) mug
- 19.Which word is “dot”? (a) dog (b) dot (c) box
- 20.Blend the sounds: n – o – d. Which word is it? (a) not (b) nod (c) rod
- 21.Change the “r” in “rod” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) not (b) rod (c) nod
- 22.Blend the sounds: m – o – p. Which word is it? (a) mop (b) cop (c) map
- 23.🦊 Which word is this? (a) fox (b) box (c) log
- 24.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) e
- 25.Blend the sounds: g – u – m. Which word is it? (a) hum (b) gum (c) sum
- 26.Which word is “run”? (a) run (b) pan (c) pin
- 27.🚌 Which word is this? (a) hug (b) bus (c) sun
- 28.Blend the sounds: h – o – p. Which word is it? (a) hop (b) mop (c) hot
- 29.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) e
- 30.Blend the sounds: h – u – g. Which word is it? (a) bug (b) hug (c) dug
- 31.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) u
- 32.Blend the sounds: n – u – t. Which word is it? (a) nut (b) net (c) cut
- 33.Change the “d” in “nod” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) nod (b) not (c) cot
- 34.Blend the sounds: d – o – g. Which word is it? (a) dig (b) dog (c) hog
- 35.☀️ Which word is this? (a) bug (b) run (c) sun
- 36.Which word is “bug”? (a) bag (b) hug (c) bug
- 37.🪵 Which word is this? (a) dog (b) leg (c) log
- 38.Which word is “hug”? (a) hug (b) tub (c) sun
- 39.Change the “c” in “cot” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) cot (b) pot (c) not
- 40.Blend the sounds: c – u – p. Which word is it? (a) cup (b) cap (c) cop
Answer key
- box
- o
- c
- sun
- hum
- dog
- b
- fox
- nut
- d
- box
- o
- cup
- pot
- tug
- hot
- not
- mud
- dot
- nod
- nod
- mop
- fox
- u
- gum
- run
- bus
- hop
- o
- hug
- o
- nut
- not
- dog
- sun
- bug
- log
- hug
- not
- cup
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