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