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.🐛 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) p (c) d
- 2.📦 Which word is this? (a) bus (b) bag (c) box
- 3.Which word is “bug”? (a) bus (b) bug (c) bag
- 4.Which word is “sun”? (a) pen (b) sun (c) pan
- 5.Which word is “log”? (a) log (b) dog (c) leg
- 6.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 7.Blend the sounds: l – o – g. Which word is it? (a) fog (b) jog (c) log
- 8.Change the “g” in “got” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) not (b) got (c) dot
- 9.Blend the sounds: f – o – g. Which word is it? (a) jog (b) fog (c) hog
- 10.🦊 Which word is this? (a) box (b) fox (c) log
- 11.Blend the sounds: n – u – t. Which word is it? (a) hut (b) not (c) nut
- 12.Change the “x” in “fox” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) jog (b) fox (c) fog
- 13.Blend the sounds: j – o – g. Which word is it? (a) hog (b) jog (c) log
- 14.Blend the sounds: h – u – m. Which word is it? (a) ham (b) hum (c) gum
- 15.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) o
- 16.Blend the sounds: r – u – b. Which word is it? (a) rub (b) tub (c) rug
- 17.🚌 Which word is this? (a) bus (b) nut (c) bug
- 18.Change the “l” in “lot” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) got (b) pot (c) lot
- 19.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) t (c) d
- 20.☕ Which word is this? (a) nut (b) lip (c) cup
- 21.Blend the sounds: f – u – n. Which word is it? (a) run (b) fan (c) fun
- 22.Blend the sounds: s – u – n. Which word is it? (a) bun (b) run (c) sun
- 23.Which word is “nut”? (a) sun (b) net (c) nut
- 24.Change the “t” in “hut” to “m”. Which word do you get? (a) sum (b) hut (c) hum
- 25.Blend the sounds: h – o – g. Which word is it? (a) hog (b) hug (c) dog
- 26.Which word is “bus”? (a) bug (b) bus (c) bat
- 27.Change the “d” in “bud” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) bud (b) bug (c) bun
- 28.⚫ _ o t — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) d (c) n
- 29.Blend the sounds: p – o – t. Which word is it? (a) hot (b) not (c) pot
- 30.🪵 Which word is this? (a) log (b) leg (c) dog
- 31.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) o
- 32.Change the “n” in “nut” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) hut (b) cut (c) nut
- 33.Change the “t” in “tub” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) rub (b) tub (c) run
- 34.Change the “c” in “cop” to “m”. Which word do you get? (a) top (b) mop (c) cop
- 35.Which word is “run”? (a) run (b) pin (c) hug
- 36.Which word is “tub”? (a) tub (b) ten (c) web
- 37.Blend the sounds: b – o – x. Which word is it? (a) box (b) bug (c) bin
- 38.Change the “p” in “cop” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) cut (b) cop (c) cot
- 39.⚫ Which word is this? (a) cat (b) log (c) dot
- 40.Change the “n” in “bun” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) bun (b) bus (c) bug
Answer key
- b
- box
- bug
- sun
- log
- o
- log
- dot
- fog
- fox
- nut
- fog
- jog
- hum
- u
- rub
- bus
- pot
- d
- cup
- fun
- sun
- nut
- hum
- hog
- bus
- bun
- d
- pot
- log
- o
- hut
- rub
- mop
- run
- tub
- box
- cot
- dot
- bus
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