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