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