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) bug (b) bag (c) hug
- 2.Which word is “dot”? (a) dot (b) nut (c) net
- 3.Blend the sounds: c – o – t. Which word is it? (a) cot (b) rot (c) got
- 4.🪵 Which word is this? (a) dog (b) log (c) leg
- 5.Change the “d” in “rod” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) rot (b) rod (c) not
- 6.Change the “s” in “bus” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) tug (b) bug (c) bus
- 7.Which word is “cup”? (a) bus (b) cup (c) sun
- 8.🥜 Which word is this? (a) sun (b) nut (c) run
- 9.Which word is “sun”? (a) run (b) van (c) sun
- 10.Change the “h” in “hog” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) dog (b) dot (c) hog
- 11.Change the “m” in “mop” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) tap (b) mop (c) top
- 12.Change the “s” in “sun” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) sun (b) bin (c) bun
- 13.Blend the sounds: t – u – g. Which word is it? (a) rug (b) tug (c) hug
- 14.Which word is “nut”? (a) nut (b) run (c) rat
- 15.🥜 _ u t — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) n (c) l
- 16.Which word is “box”? (a) bed (b) six (c) box
- 17.Blend the sounds: s – u – n. Which word is it? (a) run (b) sun (c) bun
- 18.Change the “t” in “top” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) cop (b) mop (c) top
- 19.🦊 Which word is this? (a) fox (b) dog (c) six
- 20.Which word is “fox”? (a) dog (b) fox (c) six
- 21.🚌 _ u s — which letter is missing? (a) h (b) b (c) w
- 22.Change the “b” in “bun” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) bun (b) run (c) rug
- 23.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 24.Which word is “bus”? (a) bat (b) bus (c) cup
- 25.Change the “t” in “top” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) hot (b) top (c) hop
- 26.Blend the sounds: f – o – x. Which word is it? (a) fox (b) box (c) fix
- 27.Blend the sounds: d – u – g. Which word is it? (a) dug (b) hug (c) dog
- 28.Blend the sounds: f – u – n. Which word is it? (a) fun (b) bun (c) fan
- 29.Blend the sounds: t – o – p. Which word is it? (a) tip (b) top (c) tap
- 30.Change the “t” in “hut” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) jug (b) hut (c) hug
- 31.🛁 _ u b — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) t (c) g
- 32.Blend the sounds: f – o – g. Which word is it? (a) jog (b) fog (c) fox
- 33.Blend the sounds: h – u – m. Which word is it? (a) hem (b) hum (c) gum
- 34.Blend the sounds: d – o – t. Which word is it? (a) lot (b) rot (c) dot
- 35.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) o
- 36.🛁 Which word is this? (a) bus (b) tub (c) tap
- 37.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) o
- 38.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) a
- 39.Blend the sounds: b – u – g. Which word is it? (a) bug (b) rug (c) bun
- 40.🏃 _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) r (c) m
Answer key
- bug
- dot
- cot
- log
- rot
- bug
- cup
- nut
- sun
- dog
- top
- bun
- tug
- nut
- n
- box
- sun
- cop
- fox
- fox
- b
- run
- u
- bus
- hop
- fox
- dug
- fun
- top
- hug
- t
- fog
- hum
- dot
- o
- tub
- o
- o
- bug
- r
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