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) tub (b) tap (c) bus
- 2.🐛 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) c (c) b
- 3.🏃 Which word is this? (a) hug (b) run (c) cup
- 4.🐛 Which word is this? (a) hug (b) bag (c) bug
- 5.Change the “d” in “dug” to “j”. Which word do you get? (a) dug (b) jig (c) jug
- 6.☀️ _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) t (c) c
- 7.Change the “g” in “gum” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) sun (b) gum (c) sum
- 8.Blend the sounds: r – u – b. Which word is it? (a) tub (b) rub (c) rug
- 9.Blend the sounds: f – u – n. Which word is it? (a) fun (b) fin (c) run
- 10.🪵 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) l (b) t (c) f
- 11.Blend the sounds: b – o – x. Which word is it? (a) dog (b) fog (c) box
- 12.⚫ _ o t — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) r (c) f
- 13.Blend the sounds: n – o – d. Which word is it? (a) nod (b) not (c) rod
- 14.Which word is “run”? (a) run (b) rat (c) red
- 15.🥜 Which word is this? (a) hug (b) nut (c) hat
- 16.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) o
- 17.Blend the sounds: h – o – t. Which word is it? (a) hop (b) hot (c) rot
- 18.Blend the sounds: h – u – t. Which word is it? (a) hit (b) hat (c) hut
- 19.Which word is “bug”? (a) hug (b) bug (c) bag
- 20.Which word is “cup”? (a) cap (b) cup (c) map
- 21.Blend the sounds: t – u – g. Which word is it? (a) tug (b) hug (c) mug
- 22.Blend the sounds: g – o – t. Which word is it? (a) lot (b) got (c) cot
- 23.Change the “m” in “sum” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) sum (b) fun (c) sun
- 24.Change the “t” in “cot” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) cop (b) cap (c) cot
- 25.🤗 Which word is this? (a) dog (b) hug (c) leg
- 26.Change the “t” in “tug” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) bud (b) tug (c) bug
- 27.Which word is “hug”? (a) hat (b) hug (c) hen
- 28.Which word is “sun”? (a) van (b) pen (c) sun
- 29.🪵 Which word is this? (a) dog (b) log (c) leg
- 30.Which word is “box”? (a) bat (b) bug (c) box
- 31.🦊 Which word is this? (a) log (b) fox (c) box
- 32.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) a
- 33.☀️ Which word is this? (a) can (b) sun (c) hen
- 34.Change the “n” in “bun” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) bud (b) bun (c) bug
- 35.Blend the sounds: c – o – p. Which word is it? (a) cop (b) mop (c) hop
- 36.Which word is “nut”? (a) bug (b) tub (c) nut
- 37.Change the “h” in “hog” to “l”. Which word do you get? (a) hog (b) lot (c) log
- 38.Blend the sounds: c – u – b. Which word is it? (a) tub (b) cub (c) cup
- 39.Change the “p” in “pot” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) rot (b) pot (c) got
- 40.Blend the sounds: h – o – g. Which word is it? (a) hog (b) fog (c) hop
Answer key
- tub
- b
- run
- bug
- jug
- s
- sum
- rub
- fun
- l
- box
- d
- nod
- run
- nut
- u
- hot
- hut
- bug
- cup
- tug
- got
- sun
- cop
- hug
- bug
- hug
- sun
- log
- box
- fox
- u
- sun
- bud
- cop
- nut
- log
- cub
- got
- hog
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