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