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: s – u – m. Which word is it? (a) sun (b) sum (c) hum
- 2.Change the “d” in “dug” to “m”. Which word do you get? (a) hug (b) dug (c) mug
- 3.Change the “g” in “got” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) rod (b) rot (c) got
- 4.Blend the sounds: f – o – g. Which word is it? (a) fox (b) dog (c) fog
- 5.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) o
- 6.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) u
- 7.Blend the sounds: b – o – x. Which word is it? (a) box (b) lot (c) bun
- 8.🐛 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) d (c) b
- 9.Which word is “tub”? (a) bug (b) nut (c) tub
- 10.Blend the sounds: d – u – g. Which word is it? (a) rug (b) tug (c) dug
- 11.Which word is “box”? (a) box (b) dog (c) six
- 12.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) i
- 13.🦊 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) f (b) z (c) g
- 14.Which word is “bus”? (a) cup (b) bus (c) bat
- 15.🐛 Which word is this? (a) bug (b) bag (c) bus
- 16.Blend the sounds: b – u – d. Which word is it? (a) bus (b) mud (c) bud
- 17.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) e
- 18.📦 Which word is this? (a) bug (b) bed (c) box
- 19.Blend the sounds: c – u – t. Which word is it? (a) nut (b) cat (c) cut
- 20.🚌 Which word is this? (a) box (b) sun (c) bus
- 21.☀️ Which word is this? (a) nut (b) van (c) sun
- 22.Blend the sounds: g – o – t. Which word is it? (a) pot (b) got (c) lot
- 23.Change the “t” in “tug” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) tug (b) hug (c) jug
- 24.Which word is “dog”? (a) dot (b) dog (c) log
- 25.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) e
- 26.Which word is “nut”? (a) cat (b) rat (c) nut
- 27.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) o
- 28.Which word is “cup”? (a) bug (b) tub (c) cup
- 29.Which word is “run”? (a) bin (b) hen (c) run
- 30.Change the “f” in “fun” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) fun (b) rug (c) run
- 31.🦊 Which word is this? (a) fox (b) dog (c) log
- 32.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) d (c) n
- 33.Change the “l” in “lot” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) hot (b) hop (c) lot
- 34.🪵 Which word is this? (a) log (b) leg (c) dog
- 35.🐶 Which word is this? (a) dot (b) log (c) dog
- 36.Which word is “log”? (a) leg (b) log (c) dog
- 37.Change the “l” in “lot” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) lot (b) rot (c) dot
- 38.🚌 _ u s — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) f (c) b
- 39.Which word is “bug”? (a) bag (b) hug (c) bug
- 40.Change the “g” in “got” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) pit (b) got (c) pot
Answer key
- sum
- mug
- rot
- fog
- o
- u
- box
- b
- tub
- dug
- box
- u
- f
- bus
- bug
- bud
- u
- box
- cut
- bus
- sun
- got
- hug
- dog
- o
- nut
- u
- cup
- run
- run
- fox
- b
- hot
- log
- dog
- log
- rot
- b
- bug
- pot
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