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.Change the “f” in “fog” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) fog (b) log (c) dog
- 2.☀️ Which word is this? (a) nut (b) sun (c) pan
- 3.🦊 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) f (c) z
- 4.Which word is “bus”? (a) bat (b) bus (c) bed
- 5.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) o
- 6.Blend the sounds: f – o – x. Which word is it? (a) box (b) fox (c) fix
- 7.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) o
- 8.Which word is “tub”? (a) ten (b) tub (c) hug
- 9.Which word is “nut”? (a) run (b) tub (c) nut
- 10.Change the “b” in “rub” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) rub (b) rag (c) rug
- 11.Which word is “log”? (a) log (b) dog (c) leg
- 12.Change the “r” in “run” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) fun (b) run (c) sun
- 13.🦊 Which word is this? (a) box (b) dog (c) fox
- 14.Blend the sounds: j – u – g. Which word is it? (a) jog (b) jug (c) mug
- 15.Change the “d” in “rod” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) rod (b) dot (c) rot
- 16.🏃 Which word is this? (a) cup (b) rat (c) run
- 17.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) b (c) d
- 18.📦 Which word is this? (a) box (b) log (c) bed
- 19.🪵 Which word is this? (a) log (b) leg (c) dog
- 20.Change the “g” in “dog” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) dog (b) dot (c) cot
- 21.Change the “g” in “hog” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) hog (b) hut (c) hot
- 22.Change the “t” in “top” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) top (b) cop (c) mop
- 23.Change the “p” in “pot” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) hot (b) dot (c) pot
- 24.Which word is “hug”? (a) hug (b) cup (c) hen
- 25.🛁 _ u b — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) f (c) t
- 26.🤗 Which word is this? (a) hug (b) hen (c) dog
- 27.Which word is “dot”? (a) box (b) log (c) dot
- 28.Blend the sounds: l – o – g. Which word is it? (a) dog (b) log (c) jog
- 29.🪵 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) l (c) h
- 30.Blend the sounds: c – o – p. Which word is it? (a) cap (b) cot (c) cop
- 31.Which word is “fox”? (a) box (b) dog (c) fox
- 32.Blend the sounds: t – o – p. Which word is it? (a) mop (b) cop (c) top
- 33.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 34.Change the “b” in “tub” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) tub (b) tug (c) dug
- 35.🐶 Which word is this? (a) dot (b) log (c) dog
- 36.🐛 Which word is this? (a) hug (b) bus (c) bug
- 37.Blend the sounds: n – o – d. Which word is it? (a) not (b) nod (c) rod
- 38.🏃 _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) w (c) r
- 39.Blend the sounds: d – u – g. Which word is it? (a) hug (b) dug (c) bug
- 40.Change the “g” in “got” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) net (b) not (c) got
Answer key
- dog
- sun
- f
- bus
- o
- fox
- u
- tub
- nut
- rug
- log
- sun
- fox
- jug
- rot
- run
- d
- box
- log
- dot
- hot
- cop
- dot
- hug
- t
- hug
- dot
- log
- l
- cop
- fox
- top
- u
- tug
- dog
- bug
- nod
- r
- dug
- not
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