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