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