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