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.Change the “h” in “hum” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) gum (b) hum (c) sum
- 2.Blend the sounds: f – o – x. Which word is it? (a) fix (b) fog (c) fox
- 3.Which word is “nut”? (a) nut (b) bus (c) net
- 4.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) i
- 5.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) o
- 6.Blend the sounds: r – o – d. Which word is it? (a) red (b) rod (c) rid
- 7.Blend the sounds: g – o – t. Which word is it? (a) dot (b) lot (c) got
- 8.🪵 Which word is this? (a) leg (b) log (c) dog
- 9.Blend the sounds: r – u – b. Which word is it? (a) rug (b) run (c) rub
- 10.🥜 _ u t — which letter is missing? (a) g (b) l (c) n
- 11.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) a
- 12.Which word is “box”? (a) bat (b) log (c) box
- 13.Change the “h” in “hog” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) hog (b) log (c) dog
- 14.Which word is “dot”? (a) net (b) box (c) dot
- 15.☕ _ u p — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) c (c) p
- 16.Change the “f” in “fun” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) run (b) fun (c) sun
- 17.Which word is “log”? (a) leg (b) dog (c) log
- 18.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) j (b) m (c) d
- 19.🛁 _ u b — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) t (c) j
- 20.Change the “d” in “dug” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) bug (b) dug (c) bus
- 21.🐶 Which word is this? (a) dot (b) log (c) dog
- 22.Blend the sounds: c – u – t. Which word is it? (a) cat (b) cut (c) cub
- 23.📦 Which word is this? (a) bed (b) dot (c) box
- 24.Change the “d” in “bud” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) bug (b) bun (c) bud
- 25.Blend the sounds: c – o – t. Which word is it? (a) dot (b) cot (c) cut
- 26.Change the “n” in “nod” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) nod (b) rod (c) rid
- 27.Change the “g” in “hog” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) hog (b) hot (c) lot
- 28.🦊 Which word is this? (a) fox (b) six (c) log
- 29.Change the “b” in “box” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) box (b) fog (c) fox
- 30.☀️ Which word is this? (a) bus (b) pan (c) sun
- 31.🥜 Which word is this? (a) tub (b) hat (c) nut
- 32.🪵 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) j (b) p (c) l
- 33.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) i
- 34.Which word is “dog”? (a) dot (b) dog (c) log
- 35.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) l (c) b
- 36.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) e
- 37.Change the “m” in “mud” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) bud (b) mud (c) bun
- 38.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 39.Which word is “tub”? (a) bus (b) tub (c) nut
- 40.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) o
Answer key
- sum
- fox
- nut
- u
- o
- rod
- got
- log
- rub
- n
- u
- box
- dog
- dot
- c
- sun
- log
- d
- t
- bug
- dog
- cut
- box
- bun
- cot
- rod
- hot
- fox
- fox
- sun
- nut
- l
- u
- dog
- b
- o
- bud
- o
- tub
- u
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