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