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: c – o – p. Which word is it? (a) hop (b) cop (c) top
- 2.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) h (c) c
- 3.Which word is “nut”? (a) nut (b) dot (c) tub
- 4.Change the “n” in “not” to “l”. Which word do you get? (a) lot (b) log (c) not
- 5.Which word is “fox”? (a) box (b) log (c) fox
- 6.Which word is “dot”? (a) fox (b) hat (c) dot
- 7.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
- 8.🐛 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) f (b) b (c) w
- 9.Change the “g” in “rug” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) rug (b) run (c) fun
- 10.Change the “n” in “nut” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) cut (b) cup (c) nut
- 11.🪵 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) l (b) d (c) f
- 12.Blend the sounds: h – o – t. Which word is it? (a) hot (b) rot (c) cot
- 13.☕ _ u p — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) c (c) h
- 14.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) i
- 15.Which word is “bus”? (a) bus (b) tub (c) bat
- 16.Which word is “tub”? (a) tub (b) run (c) tap
- 17.⚫ _ o t — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) d (c) p
- 18.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) i
- 19.Which word is “log”? (a) leg (b) dog (c) log
- 20.Blend the sounds: s – u – n. Which word is it? (a) fun (b) run (c) sun
- 21.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) o
- 22.Blend the sounds: b – u – d. Which word is it? (a) bun (b) bed (c) bud
- 23.Change the “s” in “sum” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) gum (b) sum (c) gem
- 24.Which word is “bug”? (a) bug (b) hug (c) bag
- 25.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 26.🚌 _ u s — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) n (c) b
- 27.☀️ Which word is this? (a) hug (b) sun (c) bus
- 28.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
- 29.Change the “f” in “fog” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) fog (b) log (c) dog
- 30.Blend the sounds: b – o – x. Which word is it? (a) big (b) cop (c) box
- 31.🤗 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) h (b) v (c) d
- 32.Change the “l” in “log” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) dog (b) dug (c) log
- 33.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) u
- 34.Change the “c” in “cop” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) top (b) tap (c) cop
- 35.Which word is “hug”? (a) pig (b) hat (c) hug
- 36.🛁 Which word is this? (a) nut (b) tub (c) hug
- 37.Change the “t” in “tub” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) cut (b) cub (c) tub
- 38.Which word is “dog”? (a) log (b) dog (c) dot
- 39.🚌 Which word is this? (a) bed (b) bus (c) box
- 40.Change the “h” in “hog” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) hog (b) dog (c) dug
Answer key
- cop
- b
- nut
- lot
- fox
- dot
- o
- b
- run
- cut
- l
- hot
- c
- o
- bus
- tub
- d
- u
- log
- sun
- u
- bud
- gum
- bug
- u
- b
- sun
- u
- dog
- box
- h
- dog
- u
- top
- hug
- tub
- cub
- dog
- bus
- dog
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