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