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