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 “tub”? (a) tub (b) ten (c) web
- 2.🪵 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) l (c) j
- 3.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 4.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) v (c) d
- 5.Blend the sounds: g – u – m. Which word is it? (a) gem (b) gum (c) sum
- 6.Blend the sounds: p – o – t. Which word is it? (a) got (b) pot (c) cot
- 7.Which word is “hug”? (a) run (b) dog (c) hug
- 8.Blend the sounds: f – o – g. Which word is it? (a) fog (b) log (c) fig
- 9.🚌 _ u s — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) g (c) b
- 10.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) o
- 11.Blend the sounds: f – u – n. Which word is it? (a) run (b) fun (c) fan
- 12.🛁 Which word is this? (a) bug (b) sun (c) tub
- 13.☕ _ u p — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) r (c) m
- 14.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) a
- 15.☕ Which word is this? (a) cap (b) bus (c) cup
- 16.Blend the sounds: l – o – t. Which word is it? (a) hot (b) lot (c) let
- 17.🐶 Which word is this? (a) dot (b) dog (c) log
- 18.🦊 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) f (c) h
- 19.Which word is “fox”? (a) dog (b) six (c) fox
- 20.Which word is “nut”? (a) nut (b) rat (c) cup
- 21.🐛 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) b (c) m
- 22.Which word is “bus”? (a) tub (b) bus (c) sun
- 23.Blend the sounds: d – u – g. Which word is it? (a) dug (b) jug (c) rug
- 24.Change the “t” in “tug” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) tug (b) bug (c) rug
- 25.Which word is “bug”? (a) bag (b) bug (c) hug
- 26.🐛 Which word is this? (a) hug (b) bug (c) bus
- 27.☀️ Which word is this? (a) six (b) can (c) sun
- 28.🪵 Which word is this? (a) log (b) dog (c) leg
- 29.Change the “n” in “not” to “l”. Which word do you get? (a) lot (b) pot (c) not
- 30.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 31.Change the “f” in “fog” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) hog (b) hop (c) fog
- 32.Which word is “box”? (a) bus (b) box (c) log
- 33.🏃 _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) r (c) t
- 34.🦊 Which word is this? (a) dog (b) fox (c) log
- 35.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) b (c) g
- 36.Change the “d” in “dot” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) rot (b) dot (c) cot
- 37.📦 Which word is this? (a) bat (b) box (c) bin
- 38.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) i
- 39.🏃 Which word is this? (a) red (b) bus (c) run
- 40.Change the “g” in “dog” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) dog (b) dot (c) not
Answer key
- tub
- l
- u
- d
- gum
- pot
- hug
- fog
- b
- o
- fun
- tub
- c
- u
- cup
- lot
- dog
- f
- fox
- nut
- b
- bus
- dug
- bug
- bug
- bug
- sun
- log
- lot
- u
- hog
- box
- r
- fox
- b
- cot
- box
- o
- run
- dot
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