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: d – u – g. Which word is it? (a) dug (b) dig (c) tug
- 2.Change the “g” in “hog” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) hog (b) hop (c) mop
- 3.Which word is “log”? (a) dog (b) leg (c) log
- 4.Which word is “sun”? (a) tub (b) sun (c) pin
- 5.Which word is “bug”? (a) bag (b) hug (c) bug
- 6.Which word is “run”? (a) run (b) nut (c) rat
- 7.Which word is “cup”? (a) cap (b) cup (c) map
- 8.☕ _ u p — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) w (c) c
- 9.Blend the sounds: l – o – g. Which word is it? (a) log (b) fog (c) leg
- 10.Change the “t” in “hot” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) top (b) hop (c) hot
- 11.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) i
- 12.Change the “h” in “hum” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) gum (b) sum (c) hum
- 13.Change the “b” in “bug” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) tug (b) bug (c) hug
- 14.Change the “r” in “run” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) bun (b) sun (c) run
- 15.Change the “p” in “pot” to “l”. Which word do you get? (a) lit (b) lot (c) pot
- 16.Change the “c” in “cot” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) pot (b) cot (c) got
- 17.🏃 _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) m (c) r
- 18.🏃 Which word is this? (a) rat (b) ten (c) run
- 19.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 20.☀️ Which word is this? (a) sun (b) cup (c) run
- 21.☀️ _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) l (c) s
- 22.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) i
- 23.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) i
- 24.Change the “d” in “dug” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) bug (b) dug (c) beg
- 25.🛁 Which word is this? (a) hug (b) cup (c) tub
- 26.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) u
- 27.Change the “r” in “rug” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) bug (b) rug (c) dug
- 28.Blend the sounds: f – o – g. Which word is it? (a) fig (b) log (c) fog
- 29.☕ Which word is this? (a) cup (b) zip (c) tub
- 30.Which word is “nut”? (a) nut (b) rat (c) cat
- 31.Which word is “dog”? (a) dot (b) log (c) dog
- 32.Blend the sounds: h – u – t. Which word is it? (a) hug (b) hut (c) cut
- 33.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) b (c) j
- 34.Blend the sounds: f – o – x. Which word is it? (a) fox (b) fog (c) box
- 35.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 36.Change the “b” in “box” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) fox (b) fix (c) box
- 37.Change the “r” in “rug” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) rug (b) bug (c) bun
- 38.⚫ Which word is this? (a) dot (b) hat (c) bat
- 39.🐶 Which word is this? (a) dog (b) log (c) dot
- 40.📦 Which word is this? (a) six (b) bug (c) box
Answer key
- dug
- hop
- log
- sun
- bug
- run
- cup
- c
- log
- hop
- o
- sum
- tug
- sun
- lot
- got
- r
- run
- o
- sun
- s
- u
- u
- bug
- tub
- u
- dug
- fog
- cup
- nut
- dog
- hut
- b
- fox
- o
- fox
- bug
- dot
- dog
- box
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