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