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