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) hen (b) tub (c) run
- 2.Which word is “fox”? (a) dog (b) six (c) fox
- 3.🥜 _ u t — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) n (c) f
- 4.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) o
- 5.Change the “n” in “nut” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) nut (b) cut (c) cub
- 6.☕ _ u p — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) j (c) h
- 7.🦊 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) f (b) j (c) t
- 8.Blend the sounds: m – u – d. Which word is it? (a) bud (b) mug (c) mud
- 9.Blend the sounds: c – o – p. Which word is it? (a) cup (b) hop (c) cop
- 10.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) u
- 11.Which word is “bug”? (a) bug (b) hug (c) bag
- 12.🦊 Which word is this? (a) six (b) fox (c) box
- 13.Change the “d” in “nod” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) nod (b) cot (c) not
- 14.🪵 Which word is this? (a) leg (b) dog (c) log
- 15.Change the “n” in “not” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) rot (b) not (c) dot
- 16.Change the “m” in “mop” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) mop (b) hop (c) hip
- 17.🤗 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) h (c) b
- 18.Which word is “nut”? (a) hat (b) run (c) nut
- 19.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) u
- 20.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) o
- 21.Blend the sounds: c – o – t. Which word is it? (a) rot (b) cot (c) hot
- 22.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) u
- 23.☀️ _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) j (b) s (c) z
- 24.Change the “s” in “bus” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) bud (b) bus (c) bug
- 25.🚌 Which word is this? (a) tub (b) bug (c) bus
- 26.Blend the sounds: m – u – g. Which word is it? (a) bug (b) dug (c) mug
- 27.Which word is “log”? (a) leg (b) dog (c) log
- 28.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) f (c) b
- 29.Blend the sounds: c – u – t. Which word is it? (a) cut (b) hut (c) cot
- 30.Which word is “dot”? (a) dot (b) log (c) nut
- 31.📦 Which word is this? (a) bag (b) dog (c) box
- 32.🏃 _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) w (c) r
- 33.🚌 _ u s — which letter is missing? (a) j (b) b (c) c
- 34.Change the “b” in “bud” to “m”. Which word do you get? (a) bud (b) mud (c) mad
- 35.Change the “l” in “lot” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) dog (b) lot (c) dot
- 36.☀️ Which word is this? (a) sun (b) can (c) ten
- 37.Blend the sounds: b – u – n. Which word is it? (a) fun (b) bus (c) bun
- 38.🤗 Which word is this? (a) sun (b) hug (c) hen
- 39.Blend the sounds: c – u – p. Which word is it? (a) cop (b) cup (c) cap
- 40.Which word is “cup”? (a) lip (b) cup (c) map
Answer key
- run
- fox
- n
- u
- cut
- c
- f
- mud
- cop
- u
- bug
- fox
- not
- log
- dot
- hop
- h
- nut
- o
- o
- cot
- o
- s
- bud
- bus
- mug
- log
- b
- cut
- dot
- box
- r
- b
- mud
- dot
- sun
- bun
- hug
- cup
- cup
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