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 “log”? (a) dog (b) leg (c) log
- 2.Which word is “sun”? (a) sun (b) van (c) six
- 3.Change the “l” in “log” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) log (b) dog (c) hog
- 4.Change the “g” in “got” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) hot (b) got (c) lot
- 5.Change the “s” in “bus” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) bus (b) bed (c) bud
- 6.Blend the sounds: d – o – g. Which word is it? (a) dot (b) dug (c) dog
- 7.Which word is “hug”? (a) log (b) tub (c) hug
- 8.Change the “x” in “fox” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) fox (b) fog (c) dog
- 9.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) i
- 10.🪵 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) l (b) h (c) z
- 11.Which word is “cup”? (a) cup (b) cat (c) bus
- 12.Change the “p” in “pot” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) dog (b) pot (c) dot
- 13.🐛 Which word is this? (a) bag (b) hug (c) bug
- 14.Change the “t” in “hot” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) hop (b) hip (c) hot
- 15.Blend the sounds: j – o – g. Which word is it? (a) jug (b) jig (c) jog
- 16.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) a
- 17.☀️ Which word is this? (a) sun (b) can (c) pen
- 18.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) d (c) v
- 19.⚫ _ o t — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) d (c) g
- 20.Which word is “dog”? (a) dog (b) log (c) dot
- 21.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) a
- 22.📦 Which word is this? (a) bus (b) box (c) bat
- 23.Change the “j” in “jug” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) hug (b) dug (c) jug
- 24.Which word is “box”? (a) bus (b) bed (c) box
- 25.Which word is “tub”? (a) hug (b) run (c) tub
- 26.Blend the sounds: f – o – x. Which word is it? (a) fix (b) box (c) fox
- 27.Change the “m” in “mug” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) bug (b) jug (c) mug
- 28.🦊 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) f (c) b
- 29.Change the “d” in “dug” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) bud (b) bug (c) dug
- 30.🤗 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) d (c) h
- 31.Blend the sounds: b – u – g. Which word is it? (a) mug (b) bug (c) bag
- 32.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 33.Blend the sounds: c – u – b. Which word is it? (a) cut (b) cup (c) cub
- 34.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 35.🏃 _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) t (c) s
- 36.Change the “g” in “gum” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) sum (b) gum (c) hum
- 37.Blend the sounds: d – u – g. Which word is it? (a) dug (b) rug (c) bug
- 38.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) u
- 39.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) u
- 40.Blend the sounds: b – u – d. Which word is it? (a) bud (b) mud (c) bun
Answer key
- log
- sun
- dog
- hot
- bud
- dog
- hug
- fog
- o
- l
- cup
- dot
- bug
- hop
- jog
- o
- sun
- d
- d
- dog
- o
- box
- dug
- box
- tub
- fox
- bug
- f
- bug
- h
- bug
- u
- cub
- o
- r
- hum
- dug
- u
- u
- bud
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