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