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