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