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.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) i
- 2.Blend the sounds: c – u – b. Which word is it? (a) cup (b) tub (c) cub
- 3.Which word is “dot”? (a) bat (b) cat (c) dot
- 4.🐛 Which word is this? (a) bag (b) hug (c) bug
- 5.Which word is “bug”? (a) bus (b) bug (c) bag
- 6.Blend the sounds: f – u – n. Which word is it? (a) run (b) sun (c) fun
- 7.Which word is “sun”? (a) sun (b) ten (c) cup
- 8.🚌 _ u s — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) g (c) s
- 9.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) i
- 10.Blend the sounds: j – u – g. Which word is it? (a) jog (b) bug (c) jug
- 11.🥜 _ u t — which letter is missing? (a) h (b) w (c) n
- 12.⚫ Which word is this? (a) hat (b) dot (c) nut
- 13.Blend the sounds: r – o – t. Which word is it? (a) rot (b) hot (c) cot
- 14.Change the “c” in “cop” to “m”. Which word do you get? (a) cop (b) hop (c) mop
- 15.Blend the sounds: b – o – x. Which word is it? (a) big (b) box (c) bus
- 16.Change the “d” in “rod” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) hot (b) rod (c) rot
- 17.Which word is “nut”? (a) sun (b) nut (c) cat
- 18.🤗 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) v (c) h
- 19.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) u
- 20.Change the “b” in “box” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) box (b) fox (c) fog
- 21.Which word is “box”? (a) bed (b) box (c) six
- 22.Change the “l” in “log” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) jog (b) log (c) fog
- 23.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) j (c) s
- 24.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) e
- 25.🛁 _ u b — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) w (c) l
- 26.Change the “d” in “dot” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) hut (b) dot (c) hot
- 27.Which word is “fox”? (a) fox (b) box (c) log
- 28.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 29.Blend the sounds: s – u – m. Which word is it? (a) gum (b) hum (c) sum
- 30.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 31.Which word is “dog”? (a) log (b) dot (c) dog
- 32.🏃 Which word is this? (a) run (b) hen (c) pin
- 33.Change the “t” in “tub” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) rub (b) tub (c) rug
- 34.🪵 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) l (b) g (c) v
- 35.🐛 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) h (c) s
- 36.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) u
- 37.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) e
- 38.Blend the sounds: n – o – d. Which word is it? (a) rod (b) nod (c) not
- 39.Change the “g” in “fog” to “x”. Which word do you get? (a) fox (b) fog (c) box
- 40.☀️ Which word is this? (a) cup (b) van (c) sun
Answer key
- u
- cub
- dot
- bug
- bug
- fun
- sun
- b
- o
- jug
- n
- dot
- rot
- mop
- box
- rot
- nut
- h
- u
- fox
- box
- fog
- d
- u
- t
- hot
- fox
- u
- sum
- o
- dog
- run
- rub
- l
- b
- u
- o
- nod
- fox
- sun
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