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.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) l (c) d
- 2.🦊 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) f (c) s
- 3.Which word is “cup”? (a) bus (b) cap (c) cup
- 4.Change the “l” in “lot” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) not (b) pot (c) lot
- 5.☕ _ u p — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) c (c) t
- 6.Which word is “run”? (a) run (b) nut (c) pen
- 7.🏃 _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) w
- 8.Which word is “log”? (a) log (b) dog (c) leg
- 9.📦 Which word is this? (a) bin (b) box (c) bug
- 10.Change the “h” in “hut” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) nut (b) net (c) hut
- 11.Change the “b” in “rub” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) ran (b) rub (c) run
- 12.Blend the sounds: m – u – d. Which word is it? (a) mad (b) mud (c) bud
- 13.🚌 _ u s — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) b (c) r
- 14.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) g (b) c (c) b
- 15.Blend the sounds: h – u – t. Which word is it? (a) hut (b) nut (c) hit
- 16.Which word is “dot”? (a) box (b) dot (c) hat
- 17.Blend the sounds: f – o – x. Which word is it? (a) fix (b) box (c) fox
- 18.☀️ Which word is this? (a) pen (b) tub (c) sun
- 19.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) u
- 20.Change the “d” in “dog” to “l”. Which word do you get? (a) log (b) leg (c) dog
- 21.Change the “g” in “got” to “l”. Which word do you get? (a) lot (b) not (c) got
- 22.Blend the sounds: l – o – g. Which word is it? (a) lot (b) dog (c) log
- 23.Which word is “bug”? (a) bug (b) bag (c) hug
- 24.Change the “t” in “top” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) cop (b) mop (c) top
- 25.Blend the sounds: b – o – x. Which word is it? (a) rot (b) cop (c) box
- 26.🦊 Which word is this? (a) log (b) fox (c) dot
- 27.Which word is “box”? (a) fox (b) box (c) dot
- 28.Which word is “dog”? (a) dog (b) dot (c) log
- 29.Change the “f” in “fun” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) fun (b) run (c) rug
- 30.🐛 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) z (c) b
- 31.Blend the sounds: t – u – b. Which word is it? (a) tug (b) tub (c) cub
- 32.⚫ _ o t — which letter is missing? (a) g (b) d (c) b
- 33.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) i
- 34.Change the “g” in “hog” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) hot (b) hog (c) hop
- 35.🛁 Which word is this? (a) bug (b) tub (c) hug
- 36.Blend the sounds: d – o – g. Which word is it? (a) dog (b) dug (c) dig
- 37.Blend the sounds: n – o – d. Which word is it? (a) rod (b) not (c) nod
- 38.Blend the sounds: s – u – m. Which word is it? (a) gum (b) sum (c) hum
- 39.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 40.🛁 _ u b — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) f (c) t
Answer key
- d
- f
- cup
- pot
- c
- run
- r
- log
- box
- nut
- run
- mud
- b
- b
- hut
- dot
- fox
- sun
- u
- log
- lot
- log
- bug
- cop
- box
- fox
- box
- dog
- run
- b
- tub
- d
- u
- hop
- tub
- dog
- nod
- sum
- o
- t
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