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