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