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