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) log (b) dot (c) dog
- 2.Which word is “cup”? (a) run (b) bus (c) cup
- 3.Change the “g” in “hog” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) hog (b) hot (c) rot
- 4.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) o
- 5.🥜 _ u t — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) n (c) m
- 6.Which word is “log”? (a) log (b) dog (c) leg
- 7.🦊 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) f (c) j
- 8.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) u
- 9.Blend the sounds: j – u – g. Which word is it? (a) rug (b) jig (c) jug
- 10.Change the “g” in “gum” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) hum (b) gum (c) hut
- 11.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) u
- 12.🚌 _ u s — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) j (c) z
- 13.Blend the sounds: d – u – g. Which word is it? (a) rug (b) mug (c) dug
- 14.Change the “p” in “cup” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) rub (b) cup (c) cub
- 15.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) a
- 16.Blend the sounds: t – u – g. Which word is it? (a) tug (b) tub (c) rug
- 17.Which word is “fox”? (a) six (b) log (c) fox
- 18.Which word is “nut”? (a) net (b) sun (c) nut
- 19.Change the “d” in “bud” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) bug (b) bud (c) bun
- 20.📦 Which word is this? (a) log (b) bin (c) box
- 21.🚌 Which word is this? (a) sun (b) tub (c) bus
- 22.Which word is “dog”? (a) log (b) dog (c) dot
- 23.Which word is “box”? (a) bat (b) dot (c) box
- 24.Which word is “run”? (a) rat (b) van (c) run
- 25.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) t (c) v
- 26.Blend the sounds: b – o – x. Which word is it? (a) six (b) box (c) hot
- 27.Change the “l” in “log” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) dog (b) log (c) fog
- 28.🤗 Which word is this? (a) hug (b) leg (c) log
- 29.Blend the sounds: p – o – t. Which word is it? (a) pot (b) lot (c) hot
- 30.Change the “d” in “dug” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) bug (b) dug (c) rug
- 31.Blend the sounds: m – o – p. Which word is it? (a) cop (b) mop (c) top
- 32.🥜 Which word is this? (a) nut (b) dot (c) tub
- 33.🏃 Which word is this? (a) run (b) pin (c) ten
- 34.🏃 _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) v (c) r
- 35.🐛 Which word is this? (a) bus (b) bag (c) bug
- 36.☕ Which word is this? (a) lip (b) cup (c) tub
- 37.Change the “b” in “bun” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) run (b) sun (c) bun
- 38.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) e
- 39.🐛 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) z (c) v
- 40.🦊 Which word is this? (a) fox (b) six (c) dot
Answer key
- dog
- cup
- hot
- o
- n
- log
- f
- u
- jug
- hum
- u
- b
- dug
- cub
- u
- tug
- fox
- nut
- bun
- box
- bus
- dog
- box
- run
- d
- box
- fog
- hug
- pot
- rug
- mop
- nut
- run
- r
- bug
- cup
- run
- o
- b
- fox
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