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 _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) o
- 2.Change the “r” in “run” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) fun (b) sun (c) run
- 3.🏃 _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) g (c) r
- 4.🚌 _ u s — which letter is missing? (a) g (b) b (c) l
- 5.Blend the sounds: r – u – b. Which word is it? (a) rug (b) tub (c) rub
- 6.Change the “m” in “mop” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) hop (b) mop (c) cop
- 7.Which word is “dot”? (a) dog (b) log (c) dot
- 8.Blend the sounds: g – o – t. Which word is it? (a) pot (b) got (c) not
- 9.Change the “b” in “rub” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) rub (b) run (c) bun
- 10.Blend the sounds: p – o – t. Which word is it? (a) dot (b) hot (c) pot
- 11.Which word is “sun”? (a) ten (b) hug (c) sun
- 12.Blend the sounds: r – u – g. Which word is it? (a) dug (b) rug (c) run
- 13.🥜 _ u t — which letter is missing? (a) f (b) l (c) n
- 14.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) o
- 15.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 16.☕ Which word is this? (a) zip (b) cat (c) cup
- 17.Blend the sounds: c – o – t. Which word is it? (a) cot (b) got (c) pot
- 18.🤗 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) h (b) f (c) z
- 19.Blend the sounds: n – u – t. Which word is it? (a) not (b) cut (c) nut
- 20.⚫ _ o t — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) p (c) v
- 21.Blend the sounds: h – o – p. Which word is it? (a) hog (b) hop (c) hot
- 22.Change the “s” in “sun” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) sun (b) run (c) fun
- 23.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
- 24.Which word is “hug”? (a) hen (b) nut (c) hug
- 25.🪵 Which word is this? (a) leg (b) log (c) dog
- 26.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) a
- 27.Which word is “tub”? (a) nut (b) cup (c) tub
- 28.Change the “l” in “lot” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) nod (b) not (c) lot
- 29.Blend the sounds: m – o – p. Which word is it? (a) cop (b) mop (c) map
- 30.Blend the sounds: d – o – t. Which word is it? (a) not (b) pot (c) dot
- 31.Change the “m” in “mud” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) mud (b) bud (c) bad
- 32.Blend the sounds: m – u – g. Which word is it? (a) mug (b) hug (c) mud
- 33.Change the “p” in “cup” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) cup (b) nut (c) cut
- 34.🐶 Which word is this? (a) dot (b) dog (c) log
- 35.Change the “r” in “run” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) fun (b) sun (c) run
- 36.Which word is “bus”? (a) cup (b) bin (c) bus
- 37.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) i
- 38.Which word is “bug”? (a) bag (b) bug (c) hug
- 39.Change the “n” in “bun” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) bud (b) bun (c) mud
- 40.Which word is “log”? (a) dog (b) leg (c) log
Answer key
- o
- sun
- r
- b
- rub
- hop
- dot
- got
- run
- pot
- sun
- rug
- n
- u
- o
- cup
- cot
- h
- nut
- d
- hop
- run
- o
- hug
- log
- u
- tub
- not
- mop
- dot
- bud
- mug
- cut
- dog
- fun
- bus
- u
- bug
- bud
- log
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