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