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 this? (a) ten (b) run (c) red
- 2.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) u
- 3.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) m (c) j
- 4.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) u
- 5.Which word is “box”? (a) box (b) dot (c) bin
- 6.Which word is “sun”? (a) can (b) hen (c) sun
- 7.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) u
- 8.Which word is “fox”? (a) six (b) fox (c) log
- 9.Change the “d” in “dot” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) pat (b) pot (c) dot
- 10.🐶 Which word is this? (a) log (b) dog (c) dot
- 11.Change the “d” in “dug” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) bug (b) hug (c) dug
- 12.🪵 Which word is this? (a) log (b) leg (c) dog
- 13.Change the “s” in “bus” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) run (b) bun (c) bus
- 14.Which word is “dog”? (a) log (b) dog (c) dot
- 15.🚌 Which word is this? (a) bug (b) bus (c) tub
- 16.Blend the sounds: l – o – t. Which word is it? (a) got (b) not (c) lot
- 17.Which word is “run”? (a) tub (b) run (c) cup
- 18.Blend the sounds: f – u – n. Which word is it? (a) fun (b) fin (c) sun
- 19.Change the “h” in “hop” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) cup (b) cop (c) hop
- 20.Change the “p” in “cop” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) lot (b) cot (c) cop
- 21.Change the “l” in “lot” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) cot (b) got (c) lot
- 22.Change the “r” in “rot” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) cot (b) rot (c) cut
- 23.Which word is “nut”? (a) sun (b) nut (c) tub
- 24.Which word is “dot”? (a) bat (b) rat (c) dot
- 25.Blend the sounds: d – u – g. Which word is it? (a) rug (b) dog (c) dug
- 26.Blend the sounds: h – u – t. Which word is it? (a) hum (b) hut (c) nut
- 27.Which word is “bus”? (a) bus (b) bag (c) bug
- 28.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) i
- 29.⚫ Which word is this? (a) hat (b) dog (c) dot
- 30.Blend the sounds: n – o – d. Which word is it? (a) nod (b) rod (c) not
- 31.🦊 Which word is this? (a) log (b) fox (c) box
- 32.Blend the sounds: s – u – m. Which word is it? (a) sum (b) hum (c) sun
- 33.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) o
- 34.Change the “g” in “gum” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) hum (b) sum (c) gum
- 35.Change the “m” in “mop” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) mop (b) hop (c) hot
- 36.Change the “n” in “nod” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) rid (b) rod (c) nod
- 37.Which word is “tub”? (a) nut (b) tub (c) bug
- 38.🥜 _ u t — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) f (c) b
- 39.Blend the sounds: c – u – t. Which word is it? (a) cat (b) cup (c) cut
- 40.Blend the sounds: b – o – x. Which word is it? (a) bus (b) box (c) cop
Answer key
- run
- o
- d
- u
- box
- sun
- u
- fox
- pot
- dog
- bug
- log
- bun
- dog
- bus
- lot
- run
- fun
- cop
- cot
- cot
- cot
- nut
- dot
- dug
- hut
- bus
- o
- dot
- nod
- fox
- sum
- u
- hum
- hop
- rod
- tub
- n
- cut
- box
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