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 “hug”? (a) bus (b) hug (c) log
- 2.Change the “h” in “hot” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) hot (b) dot (c) cot
- 3.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) u
- 4.Change the “h” in “hog” to “l”. Which word do you get? (a) hog (b) log (c) leg
- 5.Change the “n” in “bun” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) mud (b) bud (c) bun
- 6.Change the “m” in “mug” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) hug (b) mug (c) dug
- 7.Change the “g” in “mug” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) mad (b) mud (c) mug
- 8.Which word is “bug”? (a) bug (b) bus (c) bag
- 9.Change the “h” in “hug” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) hug (b) dug (c) tug
- 10.Which word is “dot”? (a) dog (b) cat (c) dot
- 11.🪵 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) m (c) l
- 12.Which word is “run”? (a) tub (b) run (c) red
- 13.☕ Which word is this? (a) lip (b) cup (c) cat
- 14.Blend the sounds: r – o – d. Which word is it? (a) red (b) nod (c) rod
- 15.☕ _ u p — which letter is missing? (a) g (b) c (c) z
- 16.Blend the sounds: h – o – g. Which word is it? (a) log (b) jog (c) hog
- 17.🪵 Which word is this? (a) log (b) dog (c) leg
- 18.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) u
- 19.🛁 Which word is this? (a) tub (b) hug (c) sun
- 20.Blend the sounds: f – o – g. Which word is it? (a) log (b) fog (c) dog
- 21.Which word is “fox”? (a) box (b) fox (c) dot
- 22.Change the “p” in “cup” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) cut (b) cup (c) cub
- 23.🦊 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) h (b) f (c) t
- 24.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
- 25.Change the “s” in “sun” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) fun (b) run (c) sun
- 26.🐛 Which word is this? (a) bug (b) hug (c) bag
- 27.Which word is “nut”? (a) run (b) nut (c) cat
- 28.🏃 Which word is this? (a) run (b) hug (c) tub
- 29.🚌 _ u s — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) b (c) v
- 30.Change the “m” in “mop” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) cop (b) cap (c) mop
- 31.Blend the sounds: j – o – g. Which word is it? (a) jig (b) dog (c) jog
- 32.Which word is “bus”? (a) bat (b) bug (c) bus
- 33.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
- 34.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) z (c) c
- 35.🚌 Which word is this? (a) bus (b) bug (c) run
- 36.Change the “n” in “nod” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) nod (b) red (c) rod
- 37.Change the “b” in “box” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) box (b) fox (c) fog
- 38.🐛 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) c (c) r
- 39.Change the “j” in “jog” to “l”. Which word do you get? (a) hog (b) log (c) jog
- 40.🦊 Which word is this? (a) fox (b) dot (c) dog
Answer key
- hug
- cot
- u
- log
- bud
- hug
- mud
- bug
- tug
- dot
- l
- run
- cup
- rod
- c
- hog
- log
- u
- tub
- fog
- fox
- cub
- f
- o
- run
- bug
- nut
- run
- b
- cop
- jog
- bus
- o
- d
- bus
- rod
- fox
- b
- log
- fox
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