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