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