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