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