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