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