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 “hug”? (a) log (b) pig (c) hug
- 2.Change the “g” in “gum” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) gum (b) hem (c) hum
- 3.Change the “m” in “mug” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) jug (b) tug (c) mug
- 4.Change the “n” in “nod” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) nod (b) rod (c) red
- 5.Which word is “dog”? (a) dot (b) dog (c) log
- 6.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) v (c) j
- 7.Which word is “tub”? (a) tub (b) tap (c) sun
- 8.⚫ Which word is this? (a) net (b) cat (c) dot
- 9.Change the “m” in “mop” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) mop (b) cot (c) cop
- 10.🥜 _ u t — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) b (c) n
- 11.Which word is “sun”? (a) sun (b) can (c) van
- 12.Change the “s” in “bus” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) bug (b) beg (c) bus
- 13.☀️ _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) h (c) s
- 14.Blend the sounds: l – o – t. Which word is it? (a) lot (b) got (c) let
- 15.Which word is “bus”? (a) bat (b) cup (c) bus
- 16.Blend the sounds: l – o – g. Which word is it? (a) dog (b) fog (c) log
- 17.🦊 Which word is this? (a) log (b) box (c) fox
- 18.Which word is “fox”? (a) box (b) six (c) fox
- 19.☕ Which word is this? (a) cup (b) hug (c) bus
- 20.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) e
- 21.Blend the sounds: t – o – p. Which word is it? (a) mop (b) tap (c) top
- 22.🐛 Which word is this? (a) bag (b) bug (c) bus
- 23.Which word is “bug”? (a) bug (b) bag (c) bus
- 24.🏃 _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) r (c) l
- 25.Which word is “dot”? (a) dot (b) hat (c) rat
- 26.Which word is “nut”? (a) cat (b) hat (c) nut
- 27.🪵 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) g (b) l (c) j
- 28.Change the “n” in “nut” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) hut (b) nut (c) hug
- 29.Blend the sounds: g – o – t. Which word is it? (a) hot (b) got (c) not
- 30.🐶 Which word is this? (a) dot (b) log (c) dog
- 31.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) a
- 32.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 33.Change the “n” in “bun” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) bud (b) bun (c) bug
- 34.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) o
- 35.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) e
- 36.📦 Which word is this? (a) dot (b) box (c) six
- 37.Change the “b” in “tub” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) tub (b) mug (c) tug
- 38.⚫ _ o t — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) n (c) d
- 39.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) j (c) d
- 40.Blend the sounds: c – u – p. Which word is it? (a) cop (b) cup (c) cut
Answer key
- hug
- hum
- tug
- rod
- dog
- b
- tub
- dot
- cop
- n
- sun
- bug
- s
- lot
- bus
- log
- fox
- fox
- cup
- u
- top
- bug
- bug
- r
- dot
- nut
- l
- hut
- got
- dog
- o
- o
- bud
- u
- u
- box
- tug
- d
- d
- cup
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