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