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 “nut”? (a) hat (b) nut (c) dot
- 2.Which word is “run”? (a) bus (b) cup (c) run
- 3.Change the “d” in “rod” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) rot (b) rod (c) not
- 4.Blend the sounds: h – o – g. Which word is it? (a) hot (b) hog (c) log
- 5.Blend the sounds: m – u – d. Which word is it? (a) mud (b) bud (c) mad
- 6.🪵 Which word is this? (a) leg (b) dog (c) log
- 7.🥜 _ u t — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) f (c) n
- 8.Change the “s” in “sum” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) sum (b) gum (c) gem
- 9.Which word is “hug”? (a) hat (b) hug (c) hen
- 10.Change the “p” in “pot” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) cot (b) pot (c) not
- 11.🪵 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) w (c) l
- 12.Change the “b” in “cub” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) cub (b) cut (c) cup
- 13.Change the “p” in “pot” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) pot (b) lot (c) dot
- 14.Which word is “box”? (a) log (b) box (c) bus
- 15.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) a
- 16.Blend the sounds: b – u – d. Which word is it? (a) mud (b) bun (c) bud
- 17.Which word is “dog”? (a) dog (b) dot (c) log
- 18.Blend the sounds: c – u – t. Which word is it? (a) cot (b) cut (c) hut
- 19.🐶 Which word is this? (a) dog (b) log (c) dot
- 20.☕ _ u p — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) d (c) c
- 21.Change the “n” in “run” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) rub (b) cub (c) run
- 22.Which word is “bug”? (a) bag (b) bug (c) bus
- 23.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) o
- 24.Which word is “bus”? (a) tub (b) bus (c) bin
- 25.Change the “n” in “bun” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) bun (b) bug (c) bag
- 26.Which word is “cup”? (a) tap (b) bug (c) cup
- 27.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) o
- 28.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
- 29.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) g (c) h
- 30.Change the “c” in “cot” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) cot (b) hot (c) rot
- 31.Which word is “tub”? (a) bus (b) tub (c) ten
- 32.Change the “g” in “got” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) rot (b) got (c) rod
- 33.🛁 Which word is this? (a) ten (b) cup (c) tub
- 34.🚌 Which word is this? (a) hug (b) bus (c) run
- 35.Blend the sounds: c – u – b. Which word is it? (a) rub (b) tub (c) cub
- 36.☕ Which word is this? (a) can (b) tub (c) cup
- 37.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 38.Change the “c” in “cop” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) cop (b) tip (c) top
- 39.Change the “t” in “hot” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) hot (b) hog (c) hug
- 40.📦 Which word is this? (a) log (b) box (c) bat
Answer key
- nut
- run
- rot
- hog
- mud
- log
- n
- gum
- hug
- not
- l
- cup
- dot
- box
- u
- bud
- dog
- cut
- dog
- c
- rub
- bug
- o
- bus
- bug
- cup
- o
- o
- d
- hot
- tub
- rot
- tub
- bus
- cub
- cup
- u
- top
- hog
- box
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