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