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