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