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) log (b) dog (c) leg
- 2.🤗 Which word is this? (a) log (b) hug (c) leg
- 3.🛁 Which word is this? (a) ten (b) tub (c) run
- 4.Which word is “bus”? (a) sun (b) cup (c) bus
- 5.Blend the sounds: r – u – g. Which word is it? (a) hug (b) mug (c) rug
- 6.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) i
- 7.⚫ Which word is this? (a) log (b) dot (c) bat
- 8.Blend the sounds: b – u – d. Which word is it? (a) bun (b) bud (c) mud
- 9.Change the “d” in “mud” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) mug (b) mud (c) hug
- 10.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) e
- 11.Change the “m” in “mug” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) rug (b) mug (c) run
- 12.Which word is “fox”? (a) fox (b) box (c) dot
- 13.Which word is “nut”? (a) nut (b) rat (c) hat
- 14.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) u
- 15.Change the “s” in “sun” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) fun (b) run (c) sun
- 16.Which word is “dot”? (a) dot (b) cat (c) net
- 17.Blend the sounds: c – o – p. Which word is it? (a) mop (b) top (c) cop
- 18.🚌 Which word is this? (a) tub (b) hug (c) bus
- 19.🦊 Which word is this? (a) log (b) fox (c) six
- 20.🥜 Which word is this? (a) nut (b) run (c) hat
- 21.Change the “b” in “box” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) box (b) fox (c) fix
- 22.Which word is “dog”? (a) log (b) dot (c) dog
- 23.Blend the sounds: c – u – t. Which word is it? (a) cot (b) nut (c) cut
- 24.Which word is “box”? (a) bus (b) box (c) bag
- 25.Change the “m” in “mud” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) mud (b) bun (c) bud
- 26.Which word is “run”? (a) can (b) pen (c) run
- 27.Change the “g” in “log” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) cot (b) lot (c) log
- 28.Change the “m” in “mug” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) bug (b) mug (c) jug
- 29.Change the “r” in “run” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) fun (b) sun (c) run
- 30.🐛 Which word is this? (a) hug (b) bug (c) bag
- 31.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) o
- 32.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) m (c) w
- 33.Change the “d” in “dot” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) get (b) dot (c) got
- 34.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 35.Which word is “cup”? (a) cat (b) cup (c) bus
- 36.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) u
- 37.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) i
- 38.Blend the sounds: h – u – m. Which word is it? (a) ham (b) gum (c) hum
- 39.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) u
- 40.🦊 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) f (b) t (c) h
Answer key
- log
- hug
- tub
- bus
- rug
- u
- dot
- bud
- mug
- u
- rug
- fox
- nut
- u
- fun
- dot
- cop
- bus
- fox
- nut
- fox
- dog
- cut
- box
- bud
- run
- lot
- bug
- sun
- bug
- o
- b
- got
- u
- cup
- u
- o
- hum
- o
- f
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