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.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) e
- 2.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 3.Change the “c” in “cot” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) pot (b) cot (c) pit
- 4.Change the “f” in “fun” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) bun (b) run (c) fun
- 5.Change the “g” in “gum” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) gum (b) hum (c) ham
- 6.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) u
- 7.Blend the sounds: l – o – g. Which word is it? (a) jog (b) log (c) fog
- 8.🤗 Which word is this? (a) tub (b) hug (c) dog
- 9.🤗 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) f (b) r (c) h
- 10.🚌 Which word is this? (a) bus (b) bin (c) hug
- 11.🦊 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) l (c) f
- 12.Change the “c” in “cot” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) hot (b) cot (c) dot
- 13.Which word is “dog”? (a) dot (b) dog (c) log
- 14.Which word is “run”? (a) run (b) red (c) bus
- 15.🪵 Which word is this? (a) leg (b) log (c) dog
- 16.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) e
- 17.⚫ Which word is this? (a) log (b) fox (c) dot
- 18.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 19.Change the “g” in “got” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) got (b) dot (c) cot
- 20.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) e
- 21.Which word is “fox”? (a) dog (b) box (c) fox
- 22.Change the “g” in “rug” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) rug (b) run (c) rub
- 23.⚫ _ o t — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) d (c) g
- 24.🛁 _ u b — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) j (c) t
- 25.Blend the sounds: g – u – m. Which word is it? (a) gem (b) gum (c) sum
- 26.Which word is “box”? (a) box (b) bag (c) fox
- 27.Blend the sounds: n – u – t. Which word is it? (a) hut (b) nut (c) cut
- 28.Change the “g” in “hug” to “m”. Which word do you get? (a) hut (b) hug (c) hum
- 29.☀️ Which word is this? (a) pen (b) sun (c) pin
- 30.🏃 Which word is this? (a) hen (b) can (c) run
- 31.Change the “s” in “bus” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) bug (b) bus (c) dug
- 32.Change the “g” in “gum” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) sum (b) sun (c) gum
- 33.Blend the sounds: d – o – t. Which word is it? (a) dot (b) hot (c) pot
- 34.☕ Which word is this? (a) cup (b) cat (c) cap
- 35.Which word is “nut”? (a) nut (b) bat (c) bus
- 36.🐶 Which word is this? (a) dog (b) log (c) dot
- 37.🪵 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) g (c) l
- 38.Which word is “tub”? (a) nut (b) cup (c) tub
- 39.Change the “t” in “top” to “m”. Which word do you get? (a) top (b) hop (c) mop
- 40.Blend the sounds: j – o – g. Which word is it? (a) jog (b) jig (c) dog
Answer key
- u
- o
- pot
- run
- hum
- u
- log
- hug
- h
- bus
- f
- hot
- dog
- run
- log
- u
- dot
- o
- cot
- o
- fox
- run
- d
- t
- gum
- box
- nut
- hum
- sun
- run
- bug
- sum
- dot
- cup
- nut
- dog
- l
- tub
- mop
- jog
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