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