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 “hug”? (a) hen (b) hug (c) log
- 2.Change the “r” in “rug” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) bag (b) bug (c) rug
- 3.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 4.Change the “t” in “tub” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) cub (b) rub (c) tub
- 5.Which word is “sun”? (a) sun (b) run (c) hen
- 6.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) o
- 7.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) e
- 8.Which word is “bug”? (a) hug (b) bug (c) bus
- 9.Which word is “bus”? (a) nut (b) bat (c) bus
- 10.🥜 Which word is this? (a) bat (b) nut (c) run
- 11.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) i
- 12.☕ Which word is this? (a) cup (b) bus (c) map
- 13.Change the “l” in “lot” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) cot (b) lot (c) not
- 14.📦 Which word is this? (a) box (b) dot (c) bin
- 15.Which word is “run”? (a) can (b) hen (c) run
- 16.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) u
- 17.🐶 Which word is this? (a) dot (b) dog (c) log
- 18.🐛 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) w (c) b
- 19.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) u
- 20.Change the “s” in “bus” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) bun (b) bug (c) bus
- 21.Blend the sounds: h – o – p. Which word is it? (a) hot (b) hop (c) hip
- 22.🏃 Which word is this? (a) hug (b) run (c) pan
- 23.Blend the sounds: c – u – p. Which word is it? (a) cup (b) cub (c) cop
- 24.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) i
- 25.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) j (c) g
- 26.Change the “c” in “cop” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) hot (b) cop (c) hop
- 27.Which word is “dot”? (a) dog (b) rat (c) dot
- 28.Change the “b” in “bun” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) run (b) sun (c) bun
- 29.🛁 _ u b — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) c (c) t
- 30.Which word is “nut”? (a) cat (b) nut (c) sun
- 31.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) u
- 32.☀️ _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) f (b) s (c) c
- 33.⚫ Which word is this? (a) dot (b) box (c) rat
- 34.Change the “f” in “fox” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) fox (b) box (c) red
- 35.Change the “s” in “bus” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) bus (b) bin (c) bun
- 36.Change the “c” in “cut” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) cut (b) nut (c) net
- 37.🦊 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) j (c) f
- 38.Change the “c” in “cot” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) got (b) not (c) cot
- 39.Change the “r” in “rod” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) not (b) rod (c) nod
- 40.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) e
Answer key
- hug
- bug
- u
- cub
- sun
- u
- o
- bug
- bus
- nut
- o
- cup
- not
- box
- run
- u
- dog
- b
- u
- bug
- hop
- run
- cup
- o
- b
- hop
- dot
- run
- t
- nut
- u
- s
- dot
- box
- bun
- nut
- f
- not
- nod
- o
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