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