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) cup (b) cat (c) hug
- 2.📦 Which word is this? (a) dog (b) box (c) bed
- 3.☀️ Which word is this? (a) pin (b) run (c) sun
- 4.🚌 _ u s — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) m (c) v
- 5.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) u
- 6.Blend the sounds: r – o – t. Which word is it? (a) hot (b) cot (c) rot
- 7.Which word is “dot”? (a) bat (b) rat (c) dot
- 8.🛁 _ u b — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) t (c) h
- 9.Which word is “bus”? (a) sun (b) bus (c) bin
- 10.Change the “d” in “bud” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) bun (b) bud (c) bus
- 11.Change the “f” in “fun” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) sum (b) sun (c) fun
- 12.Change the “b” in “cub” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) cub (b) cap (c) cup
- 13.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 14.Which word is “log”? (a) leg (b) dog (c) log
- 15.⚫ Which word is this? (a) box (b) dog (c) dot
- 16.Which word is “box”? (a) bag (b) fox (c) box
- 17.🚌 Which word is this? (a) bus (b) bug (c) tub
- 18.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) i
- 19.Blend the sounds: l – o – g. Which word is it? (a) log (b) lot (c) fog
- 20.Which word is “fox”? (a) fox (b) dog (c) log
- 21.🥜 Which word is this? (a) bat (b) nut (c) tub
- 22.Change the “d” in “nod” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) dot (b) not (c) nod
- 23.🪵 Which word is this? (a) leg (b) dog (c) log
- 24.Change the “j” in “jog” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) fog (b) jog (c) dog
- 25.Change the “m” in “hum” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) cut (b) hum (c) hut
- 26.Blend the sounds: s – u – m. Which word is it? (a) sum (b) hum (c) sun
- 27.Change the “d” in “dot” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) pot (b) dot (c) got
- 28.🦊 Which word is this? (a) fox (b) box (c) six
- 29.Which word is “hug”? (a) nut (b) hug (c) run
- 30.Which word is “run”? (a) bus (b) pin (c) run
- 31.Blend the sounds: b – o – x. Which word is it? (a) top (b) box (c) nod
- 32.🤗 Which word is this? (a) hug (b) cup (c) bus
- 33.Change the “f” in “fox” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) fox (b) dig (c) box
- 34.☀️ _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) f (c) t
- 35.Blend the sounds: p – o – t. Which word is it? (a) pot (b) pit (c) pet
- 36.🐶 Which word is this? (a) dot (b) log (c) dog
- 37.Which word is “cup”? (a) cat (b) nut (c) cup
- 38.Blend the sounds: h – o – g. Which word is it? (a) log (b) hog (c) hop
- 39.Change the “r” in “run” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) fun (b) fin (c) run
- 40.Change the “l” in “lot” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) cot (b) got (c) lot
Answer key
- cup
- box
- sun
- b
- u
- rot
- dot
- t
- bus
- bus
- sun
- cup
- o
- log
- dot
- box
- bus
- o
- log
- fox
- nut
- not
- log
- fog
- hut
- sum
- pot
- fox
- hug
- run
- box
- hug
- box
- s
- pot
- dog
- cup
- hog
- fun
- got
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