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 “fox”? (a) fox (b) box (c) dog
- 2.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 3.Which word is “cup”? (a) cup (b) zip (c) lip
- 4.Which word is “hug”? (a) hug (b) log (c) sun
- 5.Blend the sounds: h – u – m. Which word is it? (a) sum (b) ham (c) hum
- 6.Which word is “tub”? (a) web (b) tub (c) hug
- 7.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) i
- 8.Blend the sounds: r – o – d. Which word is it? (a) red (b) nod (c) rod
- 9.Change the “c” in “cot” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) nut (b) cot (c) not
- 10.🪵 Which word is this? (a) log (b) dog (c) leg
- 11.Change the “b” in “cub” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) cub (b) cot (c) cut
- 12.Which word is “dot”? (a) cat (b) dog (c) dot
- 13.Blend the sounds: b – u – n. Which word is it? (a) bin (b) bun (c) run
- 14.🐛 Which word is this? (a) hug (b) bug (c) bag
- 15.Blend the sounds: n – u – t. Which word is it? (a) net (b) hut (c) nut
- 16.🦊 Which word is this? (a) dot (b) fox (c) dog
- 17.Blend the sounds: l – o – t. Which word is it? (a) rot (b) lot (c) pot
- 18.🚌 _ u s — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) m (c) g
- 19.🐶 Which word is this? (a) dog (b) log (c) dot
- 20.🪵 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) l (b) m (c) f
- 21.Change the “g” in “gum” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) gum (b) hum (c) sum
- 22.Which word is “box”? (a) fox (b) bat (c) box
- 23.Which word is “sun”? (a) six (b) van (c) sun
- 24.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) i
- 25.☀️ _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) t (c) s
- 26.Which word is “nut”? (a) nut (b) tub (c) rat
- 27.Change the “b” in “box” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) box (b) fog (c) fox
- 28.Blend the sounds: s – u – m. Which word is it? (a) hum (b) sun (c) sum
- 29.☀️ Which word is this? (a) van (b) hen (c) sun
- 30.🥜 Which word is this? (a) run (b) cat (c) nut
- 31.Change the “l” in “lot” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) hot (b) rot (c) lot
- 32.Change the “d” in “dog” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) dog (b) log (c) fog
- 33.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) d
- 34.Blend the sounds: n – o – t. Which word is it? (a) lot (b) not (c) rot
- 35.Change the “s” in “bus” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) bus (b) bud (c) mud
- 36.Blend the sounds: d – u – g. Which word is it? (a) dug (b) dig (c) bug
- 37.Change the “t” in “cut” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) cup (b) cut (c) cub
- 38.Blend the sounds: j – o – g. Which word is it? (a) fog (b) jig (c) jog
- 39.📦 Which word is this? (a) dog (b) bus (c) box
- 40.Which word is “run”? (a) can (b) cup (c) run
Answer key
- fox
- o
- cup
- hug
- hum
- tub
- u
- rod
- not
- log
- cut
- dot
- bun
- bug
- nut
- fox
- lot
- b
- dog
- l
- sum
- box
- sun
- u
- s
- nut
- fox
- sum
- sun
- nut
- rot
- fog
- d
- not
- bud
- dug
- cub
- jog
- box
- run
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