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) sun (b) tub (c) bus
- 2.Which word is “fox”? (a) log (b) fox (c) dot
- 3.🪵 Which word is this? (a) leg (b) dog (c) log
- 4.Blend the sounds: h – o – t. Which word is it? (a) dot (b) hot (c) pot
- 5.Change the “d” in “dot” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) dot (b) rot (c) hot
- 6.⚫ Which word is this? (a) dot (b) fox (c) log
- 7.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) o
- 8.Which word is “dog”? (a) dot (b) dog (c) log
- 9.Change the “g” in “dog” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) dog (b) pot (c) dot
- 10.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) o
- 11.🥜 Which word is this? (a) tub (b) nut (c) cat
- 12.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) l (c) d
- 13.Change the “g” in “gum” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) hum (b) gum (c) sum
- 14.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) e
- 15.🏃 Which word is this? (a) pan (b) van (c) run
- 16.Which word is “hug”? (a) dog (b) hug (c) hen
- 17.🐛 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) j (c) n
- 18.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
- 19.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) e
- 20.Change the “b” in “box” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) fix (b) fox (c) box
- 21.🏃 _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) r (c) g
- 22.📦 Which word is this? (a) log (b) dot (c) box
- 23.🦊 Which word is this? (a) box (b) dot (c) fox
- 24.Blend the sounds: m – o – p. Which word is it? (a) mop (b) hop (c) top
- 25.Change the “h” in “hug” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) hug (b) bug (c) bag
- 26.🪵 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) l (c) w
- 27.🐛 Which word is this? (a) bug (b) bag (c) hug
- 28.Blend the sounds: j – o – g. Which word is it? (a) jog (b) dog (c) hog
- 29.Which word is “bus”? (a) bug (b) bag (c) bus
- 30.Blend the sounds: d – u – g. Which word is it? (a) mug (b) jug (c) dug
- 31.Which word is “bug”? (a) bus (b) bag (c) bug
- 32.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) e
- 33.Change the “f” in “fun” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) fun (b) run (c) sun
- 34.🦊 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) g (b) c (c) f
- 35.Change the “t” in “tug” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) tug (b) dug (c) jug
- 36.Blend the sounds: l – o – t. Which word is it? (a) let (b) lot (c) pot
- 37.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) a
- 38.Which word is “box”? (a) bag (b) box (c) bin
- 39.Which word is “sun”? (a) cup (b) sun (c) tub
- 40.Blend the sounds: h – u – t. Which word is it? (a) hut (b) hug (c) hit
Answer key
- bus
- fox
- log
- hot
- rot
- dot
- o
- dog
- dot
- o
- nut
- d
- hum
- u
- run
- hug
- b
- u
- o
- fox
- r
- box
- fox
- mop
- bug
- l
- bug
- jog
- bus
- dug
- bug
- o
- sun
- f
- dug
- lot
- o
- box
- sun
- hut
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