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