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.🏃 _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) l (b) f (c) r
- 2.Which word is “bug”? (a) hug (b) bus (c) bug
- 3.Which word is “sun”? (a) sun (b) van (c) hen
- 4.Which word is “run”? (a) run (b) bus (c) ten
- 5.☀️ Which word is this? (a) van (b) sun (c) bin
- 6.Which word is “tub”? (a) tub (b) sun (c) hug
- 7.Change the “p” in “cop” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) cop (b) pot (c) cot
- 8.🪵 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) l (b) d (c) c
- 9.🪵 Which word is this? (a) log (b) leg (c) dog
- 10.⚫ Which word is this? (a) net (b) dot (c) nut
- 11.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) a
- 12.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) o
- 13.☕ Which word is this? (a) zip (b) cup (c) lip
- 14.🥜 _ u t — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) j (c) g
- 15.⚫ _ o t — which letter is missing? (a) h (b) r (c) d
- 16.☀️ _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) t (c) g
- 17.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 18.Change the “h” in “hot” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) hot (b) pot (c) got
- 19.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) o
- 20.Which word is “dot”? (a) rat (b) box (c) dot
- 21.Which word is “dog”? (a) dog (b) dot (c) log
- 22.Blend the sounds: p – o – t. Which word is it? (a) got (b) pot (c) pit
- 23.🏃 Which word is this? (a) run (b) cup (c) can
- 24.🐛 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) j (b) b (c) v
- 25.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) u
- 26.Which word is “box”? (a) box (b) six (c) bag
- 27.🛁 Which word is this? (a) tub (b) run (c) web
- 28.Blend the sounds: r – u – g. Which word is it? (a) rug (b) run (c) bug
- 29.Which word is “nut”? (a) tub (b) hug (c) nut
- 30.Blend the sounds: j – o – g. Which word is it? (a) jog (b) fog (c) dog
- 31.Which word is “fox”? (a) dot (b) fox (c) six
- 32.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) a
- 33.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) b (c) f
- 34.🦊 Which word is this? (a) log (b) dog (c) fox
- 35.🐶 Which word is this? (a) dot (b) dog (c) log
- 36.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 37.🛁 _ u b — which letter is missing? (a) g (b) t (c) f
- 38.Blend the sounds: b – u – g. Which word is it? (a) mug (b) bug (c) beg
- 39.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) o
- 40.Change the “b” in “box” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) fix (b) fox (c) box
Answer key
- r
- bug
- sun
- run
- sun
- tub
- cot
- l
- log
- dot
- u
- o
- cup
- n
- d
- s
- o
- pot
- o
- dot
- dog
- pot
- run
- b
- o
- box
- tub
- rug
- nut
- jog
- fox
- u
- b
- fox
- dog
- u
- t
- bug
- u
- fox
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