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