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