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