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