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