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