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