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