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.Blend the sounds: l – o – g. Which word is it? (a) leg (b) log (c) fog
- 2.🦊 Which word is this? (a) log (b) fox (c) dot
- 3.📦 Which word is this? (a) box (b) dot (c) bag
- 4.Change the “n” in “not” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) pot (b) not (c) pet
- 5.Change the “t” in “tug” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) tug (b) bug (c) bud
- 6.⚫ Which word is this? (a) dot (b) box (c) log
- 7.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) a
- 8.Blend the sounds: j – o – g. Which word is it? (a) jog (b) dog (c) jug
- 9.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) o
- 10.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 11.Which word is “hug”? (a) sun (b) hug (c) leg
- 12.🚌 Which word is this? (a) bag (b) bus (c) box
- 13.Which word is “nut”? (a) tub (b) nut (c) sun
- 14.🤗 Which word is this? (a) nut (b) hug (c) bug
- 15.🪵 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) s (c) l
- 16.Change the “l” in “log” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) fog (b) hog (c) log
- 17.🏃 Which word is this? (a) bus (b) tub (c) run
- 18.Which word is “run”? (a) bin (b) hen (c) run
- 19.Blend the sounds: c – u – b. Which word is it? (a) cub (b) rub (c) tub
- 20.Change the “f” in “fox” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) fox (b) fin (c) box
- 21.🐶 Which word is this? (a) dot (b) dog (c) log
- 22.🤗 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) z (c) h
- 23.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) u
- 24.☀️ Which word is this? (a) hen (b) sun (c) bin
- 25.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) o
- 26.🐛 Which word is this? (a) bag (b) bug (c) bus
- 27.Which word is “bus”? (a) bed (b) bin (c) bus
- 28.🥜 _ u t — which letter is missing? (a) f (b) n (c) j
- 29.Blend the sounds: g – u – m. Which word is it? (a) sum (b) gum (c) hum
- 30.Blend the sounds: h – u – m. Which word is it? (a) sum (b) gum (c) hum
- 31.Blend the sounds: t – u – b. Which word is it? (a) cub (b) tug (c) tub
- 32.Blend the sounds: r – u – g. Which word is it? (a) jug (b) rug (c) dug
- 33.🛁 Which word is this? (a) sun (b) tub (c) run
- 34.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) o
- 35.🏃 _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) t (c) r
- 36.Change the “g” in “gum” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) sum (b) gum (c) sun
- 37.Which word is “sun”? (a) ten (b) sun (c) pen
- 38.Change the “p” in “pot” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) lot (b) pot (c) rot
- 39.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) o
- 40.Blend the sounds: n – u – t. Which word is it? (a) cut (b) nut (c) hut
Answer key
- log
- fox
- box
- pot
- bug
- dot
- u
- jog
- o
- u
- hug
- bus
- nut
- hug
- l
- hog
- run
- run
- cub
- box
- dog
- h
- u
- sun
- u
- bug
- bus
- n
- gum
- hum
- tub
- rug
- tub
- o
- r
- sum
- sun
- rot
- o
- nut
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