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 “bus”? (a) tub (b) bus (c) box
- 2.Which word is “tub”? (a) tub (b) bus (c) web
- 3.Which word is “fox”? (a) dot (b) box (c) fox
- 4.🪵 Which word is this? (a) leg (b) dog (c) log
- 5.⚫ _ o t — which letter is missing? (a) f (b) d (c) j
- 6.Which word is “dog”? (a) dot (b) dog (c) log
- 7.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) c (c) d
- 8.Which word is “nut”? (a) sun (b) bat (c) nut
- 9.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) o
- 10.Blend the sounds: c – o – p. Which word is it? (a) top (b) cop (c) cup
- 11.Blend the sounds: l – o – g. Which word is it? (a) jog (b) dog (c) log
- 12.Change the “s” in “sun” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) fin (b) sun (c) fun
- 13.🛁 Which word is this? (a) tub (b) nut (c) run
- 14.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) o
- 15.Blend the sounds: r – u – g. Which word is it? (a) rag (b) rug (c) tug
- 16.Change the “f” in “fun” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) rug (b) run (c) fun
- 17.☀️ Which word is this? (a) bug (b) sun (c) hen
- 18.⚫ Which word is this? (a) bat (b) log (c) dot
- 19.Change the “s” in “sun” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) sun (b) run (c) ran
- 20.Blend the sounds: b – u – g. Which word is it? (a) bug (b) bun (c) dug
- 21.Change the “j” in “jog” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) hog (b) jog (c) log
- 22.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) o
- 23.Blend the sounds: d – u – g. Which word is it? (a) jug (b) rug (c) dug
- 24.🛁 _ u b — which letter is missing? (a) g (b) n (c) t
- 25.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) o
- 26.Blend the sounds: r – u – n. Which word is it? (a) bun (b) ran (c) run
- 27.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) o
- 28.Which word is “sun”? (a) sun (b) bug (c) ten
- 29.Blend the sounds: f – o – g. Which word is it? (a) jog (b) fig (c) fog
- 30.Blend the sounds: b – u – s. Which word is it? (a) bus (b) bun (c) bud
- 31.Blend the sounds: m – o – p. Which word is it? (a) mop (b) map (c) hop
- 32.Which word is “box”? (a) six (b) box (c) bag
- 33.🏃 Which word is this? (a) run (b) rat (c) bus
- 34.Blend the sounds: j – o – g. Which word is it? (a) log (b) jog (c) hog
- 35.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) u
- 36.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) o
- 37.🐶 Which word is this? (a) log (b) dot (c) dog
- 38.🤗 Which word is this? (a) hug (b) run (c) dog
- 39.Blend the sounds: h – u – m. Which word is it? (a) gum (b) hum (c) hug
- 40.☕ Which word is this? (a) cup (b) map (c) can
Answer key
- bus
- tub
- fox
- log
- d
- dog
- b
- nut
- o
- cop
- log
- fun
- tub
- o
- rug
- run
- sun
- dot
- run
- bug
- hog
- o
- dug
- t
- u
- run
- o
- sun
- fog
- bus
- mop
- box
- run
- jog
- u
- u
- dog
- hug
- hum
- cup
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