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 “hug”? (a) hug (b) hen (c) sun
- 2.Change the “r” in “run” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) run (b) bin (c) bun
- 3.☀️ _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) h (c) s
- 4.🏃 _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) l (b) r (c) d
- 5.🐛 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) p (c) c
- 6.Which word is “box”? (a) bug (b) box (c) dot
- 7.Which word is “nut”? (a) bug (b) cup (c) nut
- 8.Change the “p” in “pot” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) dog (b) pot (c) dot
- 9.Change the “f” in “fun” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) ran (b) fun (c) run
- 10.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 11.Change the “p” in “pot” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) pot (b) hut (c) hot
- 12.🛁 Which word is this? (a) tub (b) nut (c) bus
- 13.Blend the sounds: h – u – m. Which word is it? (a) hug (b) ham (c) hum
- 14.Blend the sounds: h – u – t. Which word is it? (a) hit (b) cut (c) hut
- 15.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) j (b) s (c) b
- 16.🥜 _ u t — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) n (c) w
- 17.Blend the sounds: h – o – g. Which word is it? (a) dog (b) log (c) hog
- 18.🥜 Which word is this? (a) sun (b) bat (c) nut
- 19.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) o
- 20.Change the “h” in “hug” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) hug (b) bun (c) bug
- 21.Which word is “tub”? (a) run (b) tub (c) tap
- 22.Change the “g” in “got” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) rot (b) pot (c) got
- 23.📦 Which word is this? (a) dot (b) box (c) bug
- 24.Blend the sounds: b – u – g. Which word is it? (a) dug (b) bud (c) bug
- 25.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) o
- 26.Blend the sounds: t – o – p. Which word is it? (a) top (b) cop (c) hop
- 27.Change the “f” in “fog” to “j”. Which word do you get? (a) fog (b) hog (c) jog
- 28.Change the “c” in “cut” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) cut (b) hut (c) nut
- 29.🪵 Which word is this? (a) log (b) leg (c) dog
- 30.☕ Which word is this? (a) cup (b) tap (c) zip
- 31.Blend the sounds: b – u – d. Which word is it? (a) bud (b) bed (c) bun
- 32.Blend the sounds: j – u – g. Which word is it? (a) hug (b) rug (c) jug
- 33.🚌 Which word is this? (a) bus (b) box (c) bag
- 34.Blend the sounds: l – o – t. Which word is it? (a) rot (b) lot (c) got
- 35.Change the “t” in “tub” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) cup (b) tub (c) cub
- 36.Change the “d” in “dot” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) dot (b) pet (c) pot
- 37.Change the “h” in “hum” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) gem (b) hum (c) gum
- 38.Blend the sounds: p – o – t. Which word is it? (a) lot (b) got (c) pot
- 39.Change the “r” in “rug” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) rug (b) bug (c) hug
- 40.Which word is “dog”? (a) dog (b) dot (c) log
Answer key
- hug
- bun
- s
- r
- b
- box
- nut
- dot
- run
- u
- hot
- tub
- hum
- hut
- b
- n
- hog
- nut
- u
- bug
- tub
- pot
- box
- bug
- o
- top
- jog
- hut
- log
- cup
- bud
- jug
- bus
- lot
- cub
- pot
- gum
- pot
- hug
- dog
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