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 “cup”? (a) run (b) cap (c) cup
- 2.Which word is “sun”? (a) sun (b) tub (c) van
- 3.Change the “d” in “dog” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) dog (b) hog (c) hop
- 4.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 5.🐛 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) h (b) f (c) b
- 6.Which word is “fox”? (a) log (b) six (c) fox
- 7.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) i
- 8.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) b (c) h
- 9.Blend the sounds: p – o – t. Which word is it? (a) lot (b) pet (c) pot
- 10.Blend the sounds: s – u – n. Which word is it? (a) sun (b) fun (c) run
- 11.Blend the sounds: n – o – t. Which word is it? (a) not (b) rot (c) cot
- 12.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) i
- 13.Which word is “log”? (a) log (b) dog (c) leg
- 14.Which word is “hug”? (a) bug (b) nut (c) hug
- 15.Which word is “bus”? (a) bed (b) bug (c) bus
- 16.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) n (c) d
- 17.Which word is “nut”? (a) bus (b) bat (c) nut
- 18.Blend the sounds: n – u – t. Which word is it? (a) cut (b) nut (c) net
- 19.Blend the sounds: h – u – m. Which word is it? (a) gum (b) hem (c) hum
- 20.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) o
- 21.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) o
- 22.Change the “b” in “box” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) fix (b) fox (c) box
- 23.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) o
- 24.Blend the sounds: j – u – g. Which word is it? (a) dug (b) jig (c) jug
- 25.Change the “d” in “dog” to “j”. Which word do you get? (a) dog (b) jog (c) hog
- 26.Change the “p” in “cop” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) cat (b) cop (c) cot
- 27.🦊 Which word is this? (a) dot (b) six (c) fox
- 28.Change the “d” in “rod” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) cot (b) rod (c) rot
- 29.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) o
- 30.Blend the sounds: h – o – t. Which word is it? (a) hop (b) hot (c) hit
- 31.Change the “j” in “jug” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) dug (b) rug (c) jug
- 32.Change the “r” in “run” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) bun (b) bud (c) run
- 33.Which word is “dog”? (a) dog (b) dot (c) log
- 34.Blend the sounds: d – u – g. Which word is it? (a) dug (b) rug (c) dog
- 35.🚌 Which word is this? (a) hug (b) bus (c) run
- 36.Blend the sounds: m – u – d. Which word is it? (a) bud (b) mud (c) mug
- 37.Which word is “run”? (a) pan (b) run (c) can
- 38.Blend the sounds: c – o – t. Which word is it? (a) lot (b) cop (c) cot
- 39.🐶 Which word is this? (a) dot (b) log (c) dog
- 40.Which word is “box”? (a) box (b) log (c) dot
Answer key
- cup
- sun
- hog
- u
- b
- fox
- o
- b
- pot
- sun
- not
- u
- log
- hug
- bus
- d
- nut
- nut
- hum
- o
- u
- fox
- o
- jug
- jog
- cot
- fox
- rot
- o
- hot
- rug
- bun
- dog
- dug
- bus
- mud
- run
- cot
- dog
- box
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