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