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.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) i
- 2.Which word is “log”? (a) leg (b) log (c) dog
- 3.🚌 Which word is this? (a) bed (b) bus (c) bat
- 4.Change the “n” in “nod” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) rod (b) nod (c) rot
- 5.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) e
- 6.Which word is “dog”? (a) dog (b) log (c) dot
- 7.Change the “l” in “lot” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) rot (b) cot (c) lot
- 8.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) o
- 9.Which word is “nut”? (a) bug (b) nut (c) cat
- 10.Which word is “tub”? (a) run (b) sun (c) tub
- 11.Blend the sounds: b – u – n. Which word is it? (a) bin (b) fun (c) bun
- 12.🥜 Which word is this? (a) net (b) rat (c) nut
- 13.Change the “b” in “rub” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) rub (b) bun (c) run
- 14.Which word is “dot”? (a) fox (b) box (c) dot
- 15.Change the “r” in “rub” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) cub (b) rub (c) tub
- 16.☀️ Which word is this? (a) bin (b) sun (c) ten
- 17.Change the “f” in “fog” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) dog (b) fog (c) jog
- 18.Blend the sounds: r – u – n. Which word is it? (a) rub (b) run (c) bun
- 19.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
- 20.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) o
- 21.Which word is “box”? (a) bat (b) box (c) dog
- 22.Blend the sounds: f – o – x. Which word is it? (a) fix (b) fox (c) fog
- 23.Blend the sounds: d – o – t. Which word is it? (a) rot (b) dot (c) pot
- 24.Blend the sounds: c – u – t. Which word is it? (a) cub (b) cut (c) cot
- 25.Change the “s” in “bus” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) bus (b) bug (c) big
- 26.🪵 Which word is this? (a) log (b) dog (c) leg
- 27.🦊 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) f (c) l
- 28.Blend the sounds: m – u – g. Which word is it? (a) tug (b) hug (c) mug
- 29.🏃 _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) b (c) r
- 30.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) o
- 31.Change the “t” in “cut” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) cub (b) cut (c) rub
- 32.Which word is “run”? (a) run (b) pin (c) hug
- 33.⚫ Which word is this? (a) log (b) box (c) dot
- 34.Blend the sounds: s – u – m. Which word is it? (a) hum (b) gum (c) sum
- 35.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) u
- 36.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) l (c) p
- 37.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) u
- 38.🏃 Which word is this? (a) run (b) nut (c) pen
- 39.Change the “c” in “cut” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) cut (b) net (c) nut
- 40.Change the “d” in “bud” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) bud (b) bun (c) bus
Answer key
- o
- log
- bus
- rod
- o
- dog
- cot
- u
- nut
- tub
- bun
- nut
- run
- dot
- cub
- sun
- dog
- run
- u
- o
- box
- fox
- dot
- cut
- bug
- log
- f
- mug
- r
- u
- cub
- run
- dot
- sum
- u
- d
- u
- run
- nut
- bun
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