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