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) bag (b) bus (c) bat
- 2.⚫ _ o t — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) n (c) d
- 3.Which word is “log”? (a) dog (b) leg (c) log
- 4.🥜 Which word is this? (a) nut (b) tub (c) bat
- 5.Change the “x” in “fox” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) fox (b) hog (c) fog
- 6.Change the “h” in “hut” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) hut (b) nut (c) cut
- 7.Which word is “nut”? (a) nut (b) net (c) bug
- 8.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) i
- 9.Blend the sounds: h – u – t. Which word is it? (a) hut (b) hit (c) hot
- 10.Blend the sounds: c – o – p. Which word is it? (a) cot (b) cup (c) cop
- 11.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) o
- 12.Which word is “bus”? (a) bed (b) run (c) bus
- 13.🏃 _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) j (b) h (c) r
- 14.Change the “d” in “dog” to “l”. Which word do you get? (a) dog (b) leg (c) log
- 15.📦 Which word is this? (a) box (b) dog (c) dot
- 16.Which word is “run”? (a) pen (b) run (c) can
- 17.Which word is “fox”? (a) six (b) dot (c) fox
- 18.🏃 Which word is this? (a) nut (b) bus (c) run
- 19.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) a
- 20.Change the “g” in “hug” to “m”. Which word do you get? (a) hum (b) hug (c) hut
- 21.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) v (c) n
- 22.Which word is “bug”? (a) bug (b) bus (c) hug
- 23.Change the “j” in “jog” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) hog (b) jog (c) hop
- 24.Which word is “dog”? (a) log (b) dot (c) dog
- 25.Which word is “sun”? (a) sun (b) pin (c) pan
- 26.🦊 Which word is this? (a) fox (b) six (c) dog
- 27.Blend the sounds: r – u – n. Which word is it? (a) sun (b) bun (c) run
- 28.Change the “b” in “tub” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) tug (b) tag (c) tub
- 29.Blend the sounds: c – o – t. Which word is it? (a) cot (b) cat (c) lot
- 30.Blend the sounds: g – o – t. Which word is it? (a) got (b) pot (c) get
- 31.☀️ Which word is this? (a) nut (b) sun (c) bus
- 32.🛁 _ u b — which letter is missing? (a) g (b) t (c) j
- 33.Change the “r” in “rub” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) cub (b) cut (c) rub
- 34.⚫ Which word is this? (a) dot (b) fox (c) nut
- 35.🦊 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) g (b) f (c) n
- 36.Blend the sounds: h – u – g. Which word is it? (a) dug (b) hug (c) bug
- 37.Change the “c” in “cop” to “m”. Which word do you get? (a) mop (b) hop (c) cop
- 38.Which word is “tub”? (a) tub (b) sun (c) bus
- 39.Change the “f” in “fox” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) fox (b) box (c) lot
- 40.🛁 Which word is this? (a) tub (b) nut (c) web
Answer key
- bus
- d
- log
- nut
- fog
- nut
- nut
- o
- hut
- cop
- o
- bus
- r
- log
- box
- run
- fox
- run
- u
- hum
- d
- bug
- hog
- dog
- sun
- fox
- run
- tug
- cot
- got
- sun
- t
- cub
- dot
- f
- hug
- mop
- tub
- box
- tub
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