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