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) six (b) box (c) fox
- 2.Blend the sounds: c – u – b. Which word is it? (a) cub (b) rub (c) tub
- 3.Change the “f” in “fog” to “j”. Which word do you get? (a) dog (b) fog (c) jog
- 4.Change the “g” in “got” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) pot (b) dot (c) got
- 5.Blend the sounds: r – u – n. Which word is it? (a) ran (b) run (c) fun
- 6.🥜 Which word is this? (a) nut (b) tub (c) run
- 7.🥜 _ u t — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) w (c) d
- 8.📦 Which word is this? (a) box (b) bag (c) bin
- 9.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) o
- 10.🐛 Which word is this? (a) bag (b) bus (c) bug
- 11.Which word is “bus”? (a) run (b) bus (c) bed
- 12.Blend the sounds: c – o – p. Which word is it? (a) cop (b) hop (c) cup
- 13.Which word is “tub”? (a) tub (b) run (c) sun
- 14.Which word is “sun”? (a) sun (b) pen (c) bug
- 15.Change the “b” in “box” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) fix (b) box (c) fox
- 16.Which word is “box”? (a) fox (b) bug (c) box
- 17.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) o
- 18.🤗 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) j (c) h
- 19.Which word is “nut”? (a) bug (b) cup (c) nut
- 20.Change the “d” in “rod” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) rot (b) rod (c) hot
- 21.☕ _ u p — which letter is missing? (a) g (b) c (c) t
- 22.Blend the sounds: t – u – g. Which word is it? (a) rug (b) tag (c) tug
- 23.Change the “d” in “bud” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) bud (b) bug (c) bus
- 24.Change the “f” in “fun” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) run (b) rug (c) fun
- 25.Change the “m” in “sum” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) sum (b) sun (c) run
- 26.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) i
- 27.Blend the sounds: p – o – t. Which word is it? (a) got (b) pet (c) pot
- 28.🚌 _ u s — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) g (c) b
- 29.Which word is “log”? (a) dog (b) leg (c) log
- 30.Blend the sounds: r – o – d. Which word is it? (a) rod (b) red (c) rid
- 31.Blend the sounds: s – u – n. Which word is it? (a) run (b) sun (c) fun
- 32.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) u
- 33.Change the “g” in “bug” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) bus (b) bun (c) bug
- 34.Change the “g” in “got” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) not (b) got (c) nut
- 35.🐶 Which word is this? (a) log (b) dot (c) dog
- 36.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) u
- 37.Blend the sounds: l – o – g. Which word is it? (a) lot (b) log (c) fog
- 38.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) i
- 39.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) n (c) z
- 40.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) u
Answer key
- fox
- cub
- jog
- pot
- run
- nut
- n
- box
- o
- bug
- bus
- cop
- tub
- sun
- fox
- box
- u
- h
- nut
- rot
- c
- tug
- bus
- run
- sun
- o
- pot
- b
- log
- rod
- sun
- u
- bus
- not
- dog
- u
- log
- u
- d
- u
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