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 “r” in “run” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) run (b) bun (c) sun
- 2.🦊 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) f (b) g (c) m
- 3.☀️ Which word is this? (a) hen (b) sun (c) pan
- 4.Change the “j” in “jug” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) bug (b) jug (c) mug
- 5.Change the “g” in “dog” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) dog (b) dot (c) got
- 6.Blend the sounds: c – o – p. Which word is it? (a) hop (b) cup (c) cop
- 7.Which word is “hug”? (a) hug (b) bug (c) pig
- 8.Blend the sounds: c – u – b. Which word is it? (a) cut (b) cub (c) tub
- 9.Change the “g” in “mug” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) mud (b) bud (c) mug
- 10.⚫ Which word is this? (a) dot (b) rat (c) box
- 11.Blend the sounds: r – o – d. Which word is it? (a) rid (b) rod (c) nod
- 12.Which word is “log”? (a) leg (b) dog (c) log
- 13.Which word is “bus”? (a) cup (b) run (c) bus
- 14.🦊 Which word is this? (a) six (b) fox (c) dot
- 15.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) i
- 16.Change the “l” in “log” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) fig (b) log (c) fog
- 17.🥜 _ u t — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) v (c) n
- 18.Change the “t” in “tub” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) tub (b) rug (c) rub
- 19.Change the “b” in “tub” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) tub (b) hug (c) tug
- 20.🤗 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) h (c) l
- 21.☕ Which word is this? (a) zip (b) cup (c) nut
- 22.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 23.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) h (b) z (c) d
- 24.🪵 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) n (c) l
- 25.Blend the sounds: b – o – x. Which word is it? (a) pot (b) got (c) box
- 26.Which word is “bug”? (a) hug (b) bus (c) bug
- 27.Blend the sounds: r – u – b. Which word is it? (a) cub (b) rub (c) run
- 28.🤗 Which word is this? (a) hug (b) hen (c) cup
- 29.Blend the sounds: s – u – n. Which word is it? (a) run (b) sun (c) bun
- 30.🏃 Which word is this? (a) pan (b) ten (c) run
- 31.Blend the sounds: l – o – t. Which word is it? (a) hot (b) lot (c) not
- 32.Which word is “sun”? (a) bug (b) sun (c) bus
- 33.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) i
- 34.Change the “m” in “mop” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) tip (b) top (c) mop
- 35.🛁 Which word is this? (a) tub (b) nut (c) ten
- 36.Blend the sounds: h – o – t. Which word is it? (a) got (b) hop (c) hot
- 37.Blend the sounds: t – u – g. Which word is it? (a) bug (b) tug (c) tag
- 38.🚌 Which word is this? (a) hug (b) box (c) bus
- 39.Change the “c” in “cot” to “l”. Which word do you get? (a) got (b) cot (c) lot
- 40.📦 Which word is this? (a) box (b) fox (c) bat
Answer key
- sun
- f
- sun
- bug
- dot
- cop
- hug
- cub
- mud
- dot
- rod
- log
- bus
- fox
- u
- fog
- n
- rub
- tug
- h
- cup
- u
- d
- l
- box
- bug
- rub
- hug
- sun
- run
- lot
- sun
- u
- top
- tub
- hot
- tug
- bus
- lot
- box
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