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