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