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