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: r – u – n. Which word is it? (a) rub (b) run (c) fun
- 2.Change the “n” in “run” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) rug (b) rub (c) run
- 3.Blend the sounds: d – u – g. Which word is it? (a) hug (b) dig (c) dug
- 4.Which word is “tub”? (a) nut (b) ten (c) tub
- 5.📦 Which word is this? (a) box (b) bug (c) dot
- 6.Which word is “sun”? (a) sun (b) hen (c) bug
- 7.Blend the sounds: l – o – g. Which word is it? (a) hog (b) lot (c) log
- 8.Change the “h” in “hog” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) dog (b) dig (c) hog
- 9.Which word is “dot”? (a) dot (b) fox (c) bat
- 10.🥜 Which word is this? (a) dot (b) net (c) nut
- 11.🐛 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) h (c) b
- 12.Which word is “bus”? (a) bus (b) bed (c) run
- 13.Change the “n” in “sun” to “m”. Which word do you get? (a) sun (b) sum (c) hum
- 14.Change the “p” in “cup” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) cup (b) cat (c) cut
- 15.Which word is “cup”? (a) cap (b) nut (c) cup
- 16.🦊 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) l (c) f
- 17.Change the “n” in “nut” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) nut (b) cub (c) cut
- 18.Which word is “run”? (a) can (b) sun (c) run
- 19.🥜 _ u t — which letter is missing? (a) f (b) n (c) g
- 20.🛁 _ u b — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) j (c) t
- 21.Change the “g” in “got” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) not (b) hot (c) got
- 22.Which word is “dog”? (a) dog (b) log (c) dot
- 23.Change the “n” in “nod” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) red (b) nod (c) rod
- 24.☕ Which word is this? (a) lip (b) cup (c) bug
- 25.Which word is “bug”? (a) bug (b) bus (c) bag
- 26.☕ _ u p — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) c (c) r
- 27.🏃 Which word is this? (a) red (b) run (c) hug
- 28.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) h (c) b
- 29.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) u
- 30.☀️ Which word is this? (a) sun (b) bus (c) pan
- 31.Change the “s” in “bus” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) bun (b) bug (c) bus
- 32.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) o
- 33.Change the “h” in “hug” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) bug (b) dug (c) hug
- 34.🦊 Which word is this? (a) dot (b) box (c) fox
- 35.☀️ _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) p (c) f
- 36.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 37.Which word is “fox”? (a) fox (b) dog (c) dot
- 38.Change the “x” in “fox” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) dog (b) fox (c) fog
- 39.Which word is “nut”? (a) nut (b) dot (c) sun
- 40.Change the “d” in “dot” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) pet (b) pot (c) dot
Answer key
- run
- rug
- dug
- tub
- box
- sun
- log
- dog
- dot
- nut
- b
- bus
- sum
- cut
- cup
- f
- cut
- run
- n
- t
- hot
- dog
- rod
- cup
- bug
- c
- run
- b
- o
- sun
- bug
- u
- bug
- fox
- s
- u
- fox
- fog
- nut
- pot
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