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.Blend the sounds: r – u – g. Which word is it? (a) hug (b) rug (c) rag
- 2.Change the “p” in “hop” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) hop (b) hog (c) fog
- 3.☕ _ u p — which letter is missing? (a) j (b) s (c) c
- 4.Blend the sounds: s – u – n. Which word is it? (a) sun (b) bun (c) sum
- 5.Which word is “dog”? (a) log (b) dot (c) dog
- 6.Which word is “nut”? (a) nut (b) rat (c) bus
- 7.Blend the sounds: j – o – g. Which word is it? (a) hog (b) jog (c) dog
- 8.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) a
- 9.Blend the sounds: m – u – d. Which word is it? (a) bud (b) mud (c) mad
- 10.Which word is “log”? (a) dog (b) leg (c) log
- 11.Blend the sounds: f – u – n. Which word is it? (a) fin (b) run (c) fun
- 12.🚌 Which word is this? (a) bag (b) bus (c) box
- 13.Which word is “dot”? (a) nut (b) cat (c) dot
- 14.Change the “c” in “cut” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) cut (b) hut (c) hum
- 15.🦊 Which word is this? (a) box (b) fox (c) log
- 16.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 17.Which word is “bus”? (a) bus (b) cup (c) sun
- 18.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) h (c) v
- 19.🐶 Which word is this? (a) dot (b) dog (c) log
- 20.🐛 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) m (c) v
- 21.🪵 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) g (b) l (c) c
- 22.Blend the sounds: r – o – d. Which word is it? (a) red (b) rod (c) nod
- 23.Change the “d” in “mud” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) mud (b) jug (c) mug
- 24.🤗 Which word is this? (a) nut (b) hug (c) leg
- 25.Blend the sounds: n – o – t. Which word is it? (a) not (b) nod (c) cot
- 26.Which word is “bug”? (a) hug (b) bug (c) bus
- 27.Change the “b” in “box” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) fox (b) fog (c) box
- 28.Blend the sounds: h – u – m. Which word is it? (a) gum (b) hum (c) sum
- 29.Which word is “hug”? (a) log (b) bag (c) hug
- 30.Change the “s” in “bus” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) bus (b) hug (c) bug
- 31.Which word is “box”? (a) box (b) bin (c) log
- 32.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) u
- 33.Change the “t” in “cut” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) cup (b) cut (c) cub
- 34.Change the “d” in “rod” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) rat (b) rod (c) rot
- 35.🏃 Which word is this? (a) ten (b) run (c) hen
- 36.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 37.Change the “n” in “not” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) pat (b) pot (c) not
- 38.🤗 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) h (c) n
- 39.Blend the sounds: c – o – t. Which word is it? (a) cot (b) dot (c) cat
- 40.Change the “g” in “rug” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) run (b) sun (c) rug
Answer key
- rug
- hog
- c
- sun
- dog
- nut
- jog
- o
- mud
- log
- fun
- bus
- dot
- hut
- fox
- u
- bus
- b
- dog
- b
- l
- rod
- mug
- hug
- not
- bug
- fox
- hum
- hug
- bug
- box
- o
- cup
- rot
- run
- u
- pot
- h
- cot
- run
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