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