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