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