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