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