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 “nut”? (a) nut (b) hat (c) bat
- 2.Blend the sounds: r – o – d. Which word is it? (a) rid (b) rod (c) red
- 3.Which word is “sun”? (a) six (b) bus (c) sun
- 4.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 5.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 6.Change the “n” in “nut” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) nut (b) hut (c) hum
- 7.☀️ Which word is this? (a) hen (b) sun (c) nut
- 8.⚫ _ o t — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) m (c) d
- 9.📦 Which word is this? (a) dog (b) bin (c) box
- 10.🐶 Which word is this? (a) log (b) dot (c) dog
- 11.Which word is “bus”? (a) bus (b) box (c) bag
- 12.Change the “n” in “nod” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) rod (b) red (c) nod
- 13.🦊 Which word is this? (a) box (b) fox (c) log
- 14.Which word is “tub”? (a) tub (b) web (c) ten
- 15.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 16.☕ Which word is this? (a) cap (b) cup (c) tub
- 17.Change the “g” in “hog” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) hog (b) hop (c) mop
- 18.🏃 Which word is this? (a) run (b) cup (c) red
- 19.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) i
- 20.Which word is “log”? (a) log (b) dog (c) leg
- 21.🏃 _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) s (c) r
- 22.Blend the sounds: g – u – m. Which word is it? (a) gem (b) gum (c) sum
- 23.Blend the sounds: c – u – p. Which word is it? (a) cap (b) cup (c) cub
- 24.Change the “s” in “sun” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) sun (b) run (c) rub
- 25.🪵 Which word is this? (a) dog (b) log (c) leg
- 26.Which word is “fox”? (a) six (b) fox (c) box
- 27.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) e
- 28.Blend the sounds: n – u – t. Which word is it? (a) hut (b) cut (c) nut
- 29.Change the “g” in “tug” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) tug (b) rub (c) tub
- 30.☕ _ u p — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) j (c) c
- 31.🤗 Which word is this? (a) hen (b) dog (c) hug
- 32.Blend the sounds: f – o – x. Which word is it? (a) fix (b) fog (c) fox
- 33.Blend the sounds: r – u – g. Which word is it? (a) bug (b) tug (c) rug
- 34.Change the “r” in “rot” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) rot (b) dot (c) got
- 35.Change the “r” in “run” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) fun (b) sun (c) run
- 36.🛁 Which word is this? (a) hug (b) run (c) tub
- 37.🚌 _ u s — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) b (c) h
- 38.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) o
- 39.🚌 Which word is this? (a) bag (b) bus (c) nut
- 40.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) g (c) b
Answer key
- nut
- rod
- sun
- u
- o
- hut
- sun
- d
- box
- dog
- bus
- rod
- fox
- tub
- u
- cup
- hop
- run
- o
- log
- r
- gum
- cup
- run
- log
- fox
- o
- nut
- tub
- c
- hug
- fox
- rug
- dot
- sun
- tub
- b
- o
- bus
- b
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