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