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: f – o – x. Which word is it? (a) fox (b) box (c) fog
- 2.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 3.Blend the sounds: t – u – g. Which word is it? (a) mug (b) tug (c) jug
- 4.Blend the sounds: h – u – m. Which word is it? (a) hem (b) hut (c) hum
- 5.Change the “b” in “bun” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) sun (b) bun (c) run
- 6.Which word is “dog”? (a) dog (b) log (c) dot
- 7.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 8.⚫ Which word is this? (a) dot (b) hat (c) rat
- 9.Which word is “dot”? (a) log (b) dot (c) dog
- 10.📦 Which word is this? (a) fox (b) box (c) bag
- 11.Which word is “fox”? (a) fox (b) dot (c) dog
- 12.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 13.Change the “t” in “hut” to “m”. Which word do you get? (a) gum (b) hut (c) hum
- 14.Change the “s” in “bus” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) bus (b) mud (c) bud
- 15.Change the “x” in “fox” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) jog (b) fox (c) fog
- 16.Blend the sounds: m – u – g. Which word is it? (a) rug (b) mug (c) dug
- 17.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 18.Which word is “nut”? (a) rat (b) nut (c) dot
- 19.🛁 _ u b — which letter is missing? (a) l (b) t (c) h
- 20.Blend the sounds: c – o – p. Which word is it? (a) cot (b) cap (c) cop
- 21.Change the “n” in “nut” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) nut (b) hut (c) hit
- 22.Which word is “bug”? (a) bus (b) hug (c) bug
- 23.Change the “g” in “gum” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) hum (b) sum (c) gum
- 24.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) o
- 25.Change the “p” in “hop” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) hop (b) hot (c) hat
- 26.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) e
- 27.Blend the sounds: t – o – p. Which word is it? (a) tap (b) tip (c) top
- 28.Which word is “bus”? (a) bus (b) bin (c) bug
- 29.☀️ _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) s (c) r
- 30.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 31.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) b (c) c
- 32.🐶 Which word is this? (a) dog (b) log (c) dot
- 33.Change the “g” in “fog” to “x”. Which word do you get? (a) fog (b) fox (c) box
- 34.🦊 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) w (c) f
- 35.🤗 Which word is this? (a) bus (b) pig (c) hug
- 36.Which word is “cup”? (a) lip (b) cup (c) map
- 37.🏃 Which word is this? (a) run (b) bin (c) van
- 38.Which word is “run”? (a) bus (b) run (c) cup
- 39.Blend the sounds: h – o – t. Which word is it? (a) hut (b) hot (c) rot
- 40.Change the “m” in “sum” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) sum (b) fun (c) sun
Answer key
- fox
- u
- tug
- hum
- run
- dog
- o
- dot
- dot
- box
- fox
- u
- hum
- bud
- fog
- mug
- u
- nut
- t
- cop
- hut
- bug
- sum
- o
- hot
- u
- top
- bus
- s
- u
- b
- dog
- fox
- f
- hug
- cup
- run
- run
- hot
- sun
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