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.Blend the sounds: h – o – t. Which word is it? (a) hut (b) hot (c) hop
- 2.☀️ Which word is this? (a) can (b) run (c) sun
- 3.🥜 Which word is this? (a) bat (b) nut (c) run
- 4.Change the “n” in “nut” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) hit (b) hut (c) nut
- 5.Blend the sounds: c – o – t. Which word is it? (a) cot (b) hot (c) got
- 6.🦊 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) f (b) t (c) h
- 7.Change the “j” in “jug” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) bug (b) tug (c) jug
- 8.Blend the sounds: m – o – p. Which word is it? (a) hop (b) mop (c) top
- 9.Which word is “log”? (a) log (b) dog (c) leg
- 10.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) e
- 11.Change the “c” in “cot” to “l”. Which word do you get? (a) lot (b) rot (c) cot
- 12.🐛 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) b (c) g
- 13.Blend the sounds: h – o – g. Which word is it? (a) log (b) hog (c) dog
- 14.🐛 Which word is this? (a) hug (b) bus (c) bug
- 15.Blend the sounds: g – u – m. Which word is it? (a) gem (b) hum (c) gum
- 16.🛁 Which word is this? (a) tub (b) sun (c) bus
- 17.☕ Which word is this? (a) map (b) cup (c) tap
- 18.🤗 Which word is this? (a) bug (b) tub (c) hug
- 19.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 20.Blend the sounds: t – u – b. Which word is it? (a) tub (b) rub (c) cub
- 21.Change the “p” in “cup” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) cup (b) cub (c) cut
- 22.Which word is “dog”? (a) log (b) dot (c) dog
- 23.Which word is “sun”? (a) sun (b) hen (c) tub
- 24.Blend the sounds: n – o – t. Which word is it? (a) cot (b) net (c) not
- 25.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) n (c) d
- 26.Blend the sounds: g – o – t. Which word is it? (a) get (b) lot (c) got
- 27.☀️ _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) g (c) s
- 28.🥜 _ u t — which letter is missing? (a) l (b) z (c) n
- 29.Blend the sounds: r – o – d. Which word is it? (a) rod (b) rot (c) nod
- 30.⚫ _ o t — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) w (c) d
- 31.🏃 Which word is this? (a) run (b) bin (c) bus
- 32.Blend the sounds: h – u – t. Which word is it? (a) hut (b) cut (c) hat
- 33.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) u
- 34.Change the “d” in “dot” to “l”. Which word do you get? (a) dot (b) log (c) lot
- 35.Blend the sounds: n – u – t. Which word is it? (a) not (b) net (c) nut
- 36.🚌 Which word is this? (a) bus (b) bag (c) hug
- 37.Which word is “bus”? (a) box (b) bus (c) nut
- 38.🏃 _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) r (c) b
- 39.Change the “t” in “top” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) top (b) cap (c) cop
- 40.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) e
Answer key
- hot
- sun
- nut
- hut
- cot
- f
- tug
- mop
- log
- o
- lot
- b
- hog
- bug
- gum
- tub
- cup
- hug
- o
- tub
- cub
- dog
- sun
- not
- d
- got
- s
- n
- rod
- d
- run
- hut
- u
- lot
- nut
- bus
- bus
- r
- cop
- u
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