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 “bug”? (a) bag (b) bug (c) bus
- 2.Change the “m” in “mug” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) dug (b) bug (c) mug
- 3.🥜 Which word is this? (a) cat (b) nut (c) hat
- 4.Change the “d” in “dot” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) pot (b) dot (c) got
- 5.Blend the sounds: c – u – t. Which word is it? (a) cub (b) cut (c) cup
- 6.Which word is “box”? (a) box (b) bed (c) log
- 7.Which word is “nut”? (a) bug (b) nut (c) net
- 8.⚫ Which word is this? (a) dot (b) cat (c) hat
- 9.Blend the sounds: d – o – t. Which word is it? (a) pot (b) dot (c) not
- 10.🪵 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) l (b) z (c) m
- 11.Change the “l” in “lot” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) lot (b) dot (c) not
- 12.Change the “p” in “cup” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) cub (b) cut (c) cup
- 13.🪵 Which word is this? (a) leg (b) log (c) dog
- 14.Change the “l” in “lot” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) dot (b) lot (c) pot
- 15.📦 Which word is this? (a) six (b) log (c) box
- 16.Blend the sounds: b – u – s. Which word is it? (a) bun (b) bus (c) bud
- 17.Change the “g” in “bug” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) bud (b) bad (c) bug
- 18.🐛 Which word is this? (a) bug (b) bag (c) bus
- 19.🥜 _ u t — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) r (c) n
- 20.Blend the sounds: b – o – x. Which word is it? (a) box (b) hot (c) bus
- 21.Which word is “log”? (a) dog (b) log (c) leg
- 22.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) a
- 23.☕ Which word is this? (a) cup (b) tub (c) bus
- 24.☕ _ u p — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) v (c) m
- 25.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) e
- 26.🛁 _ u b — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) t (c) g
- 27.Blend the sounds: c – o – p. Which word is it? (a) cop (b) top (c) cot
- 28.🐶 Which word is this? (a) log (b) dog (c) dot
- 29.Which word is “dog”? (a) dog (b) dot (c) log
- 30.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) u
- 31.Change the “x” in “fox” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) log (b) fox (c) fog
- 32.Change the “c” in “cot” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) got (b) lot (c) cot
- 33.🐛 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) l (c) r
- 34.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 35.🚌 _ u s — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) b (c) f
- 36.Change the “h” in “hog” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) dog (b) hog (c) dot
- 37.Change the “n” in “nut” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) hat (b) hut (c) nut
- 38.Blend the sounds: j – u – g. Which word is it? (a) jig (b) jug (c) jog
- 39.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) o
- 40.Change the “m” in “hum” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) hut (b) nut (c) hum
Answer key
- bug
- dug
- nut
- got
- cut
- box
- nut
- dot
- dot
- l
- not
- cub
- log
- dot
- box
- bus
- bud
- bug
- n
- box
- log
- u
- cup
- c
- o
- t
- cop
- dog
- dog
- u
- fog
- got
- b
- u
- b
- dog
- hut
- jug
- o
- hut
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