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