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