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.Change the “m” in “mop” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) top (b) mop (c) hop
- 2.Blend the sounds: h – o – t. Which word is it? (a) hat (b) hit (c) hot
- 3.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) a
- 4.Which word is “bus”? (a) bug (b) bus (c) nut
- 5.🪵 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) g (c) l
- 6.Change the “h” in “hog” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) fog (b) hog (c) jog
- 7.🐛 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) b (c) g
- 8.Change the “f” in “fun” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) bun (b) fun (c) bug
- 9.Blend the sounds: g – o – t. Which word is it? (a) rot (b) cot (c) got
- 10.🏃 _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) j (b) l (c) r
- 11.Change the “m” in “sum” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) sum (b) fun (c) sun
- 12.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) u
- 13.Change the “m” in “hum” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) hug (b) mug (c) hum
- 14.Which word is “fox”? (a) six (b) dog (c) fox
- 15.Blend the sounds: b – u – g. Which word is it? (a) bug (b) tug (c) big
- 16.Which word is “box”? (a) bug (b) six (c) box
- 17.Which word is “dog”? (a) dog (b) dot (c) log
- 18.Change the “r” in “rug” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) bug (b) dug (c) rug
- 19.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 20.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 21.🛁 _ u b — which letter is missing? (a) f (b) t (c) l
- 22.Change the “f” in “fog” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) fog (b) dog (c) hog
- 23.🪵 Which word is this? (a) leg (b) log (c) dog
- 24.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) o
- 25.☕ Which word is this? (a) hug (b) nut (c) cup
- 26.Change the “p” in “pot” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) cat (b) pot (c) cot
- 27.Which word is “tub”? (a) bus (b) sun (c) tub
- 28.Blend the sounds: j – o – g. Which word is it? (a) jig (b) dog (c) jog
- 29.Blend the sounds: g – u – m. Which word is it? (a) gem (b) hum (c) gum
- 30.Change the “p” in “cop” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) cot (b) got (c) cop
- 31.Blend the sounds: b – o – x. Which word is it? (a) bat (b) box (c) hop
- 32.Change the “c” in “cut” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) hut (b) nut (c) cut
- 33.Blend the sounds: f – o – x. Which word is it? (a) fox (b) fog (c) box
- 34.Blend the sounds: l – o – t. Which word is it? (a) lot (b) pot (c) cot
- 35.Blend the sounds: c – o – p. Which word is it? (a) cap (b) cot (c) cop
- 36.🚌 _ u s — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) c (c) t
- 37.🥜 Which word is this? (a) bug (b) sun (c) nut
- 38.Blend the sounds: d – o – t. Which word is it? (a) rot (b) hot (c) dot
- 39.🛁 Which word is this? (a) hug (b) tap (c) tub
- 40.Change the “b” in “bud” to “m”. Which word do you get? (a) bud (b) mug (c) mud
Answer key
- hop
- hot
- o
- bus
- l
- fog
- b
- bun
- got
- r
- sun
- u
- hug
- fox
- bug
- box
- dog
- bug
- o
- u
- t
- hog
- log
- u
- cup
- cot
- tub
- jog
- gum
- cot
- box
- nut
- fox
- lot
- cop
- b
- nut
- dot
- tub
- mud
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