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