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 “sun”? (a) hen (b) sun (c) run
- 2.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) u
- 3.Which word is “dot”? (a) dot (b) cat (c) rat
- 4.Blend the sounds: f – o – g. Which word is it? (a) log (b) jog (c) fog
- 5.🪵 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) s (c) l
- 6.🦊 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) g (c) f
- 7.Blend the sounds: r – u – g. Which word is it? (a) tug (b) rug (c) bug
- 8.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) b (c) s
- 9.Change the “t” in “tug” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) tug (b) hug (c) dug
- 10.Blend the sounds: h – o – p. Which word is it? (a) mop (b) hog (c) hop
- 11.Change the “h” in “hug” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) bug (b) tug (c) hug
- 12.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 13.🛁 Which word is this? (a) sun (b) tub (c) ten
- 14.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) e
- 15.Change the “m” in “sum” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) fun (b) sun (c) sum
- 16.☀️ _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) l (b) d (c) s
- 17.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) u
- 18.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) e
- 19.📦 Which word is this? (a) six (b) box (c) bat
- 20.Blend the sounds: r – u – b. Which word is it? (a) run (b) cub (c) rub
- 21.Which word is “run”? (a) run (b) pan (c) tub
- 22.🦊 Which word is this? (a) dog (b) dot (c) fox
- 23.Blend the sounds: n – o – t. Which word is it? (a) hot (b) not (c) got
- 24.🥜 Which word is this? (a) nut (b) rat (c) cat
- 25.Blend the sounds: h – u – m. Which word is it? (a) hem (b) ham (c) hum
- 26.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) u
- 27.Blend the sounds: d – o – t. Which word is it? (a) hot (b) dot (c) dog
- 28.Change the “g” in “gum” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) sum (b) gum (c) hum
- 29.Which word is “dog”? (a) dog (b) log (c) dot
- 30.🪵 Which word is this? (a) log (b) leg (c) dog
- 31.Change the “j” in “jog” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) jog (b) hot (c) hog
- 32.Blend the sounds: j – u – g. Which word is it? (a) jig (b) jug (c) dug
- 33.Change the “x” in “fox” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) fog (b) fox (c) jog
- 34.Change the “g” in “log” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) lit (b) log (c) lot
- 35.Which word is “nut”? (a) sun (b) tub (c) nut
- 36.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) o
- 37.☕ _ u p — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) c (c) t
- 38.🤗 Which word is this? (a) nut (b) pig (c) hug
- 39.Blend the sounds: b – o – x. Which word is it? (a) beg (b) box (c) hot
- 40.Change the “d” in “dug” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) bug (b) bun (c) dug
Answer key
- sun
- u
- dot
- fog
- l
- f
- rug
- b
- dug
- hop
- bug
- u
- tub
- u
- sun
- s
- o
- u
- box
- rub
- run
- fox
- not
- nut
- hum
- u
- dot
- hum
- dog
- log
- hog
- jug
- fog
- lot
- nut
- o
- c
- hug
- box
- bug
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