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 “l” in “log” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) log (b) hog (c) dog
- 2.Blend the sounds: h – o – t. Which word is it? (a) hut (b) hot (c) dot
- 3.Blend the sounds: p – o – t. Which word is it? (a) rot (b) got (c) pot
- 4.🛁 Which word is this? (a) tub (b) bug (c) bus
- 5.📦 Which word is this? (a) box (b) dog (c) bed
- 6.🐶 Which word is this? (a) dog (b) dot (c) log
- 7.☕ _ u p — which letter is missing? (a) g (b) c (c) b
- 8.🦊 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) f (b) n (c) b
- 9.🥜 _ u t — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) n (c) b
- 10.Blend the sounds: d – o – g. Which word is it? (a) dog (b) dug (c) log
- 11.🦊 Which word is this? (a) log (b) box (c) fox
- 12.Change the “b” in “rub” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) rag (b) rug (c) rub
- 13.Change the “h” in “hug” to “m”. Which word do you get? (a) hug (b) mug (c) dug
- 14.Which word is “fox”? (a) dog (b) fox (c) log
- 15.🐛 Which word is this? (a) bag (b) bug (c) hug
- 16.Which word is “sun”? (a) hug (b) pin (c) sun
- 17.⚫ Which word is this? (a) dog (b) dot (c) log
- 18.☕ Which word is this? (a) nut (b) sun (c) cup
- 19.Change the “j” in “jug” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) hum (b) hug (c) jug
- 20.🚌 Which word is this? (a) bus (b) hug (c) bat
- 21.🪵 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) c (c) l
- 22.⚫ _ o t — which letter is missing? (a) l (b) d (c) z
- 23.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) c (c) d
- 24.🐛 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) f (b) b (c) h
- 25.Which word is “bug”? (a) bus (b) bug (c) bag
- 26.Blend the sounds: d – o – t. Which word is it? (a) dot (b) cot (c) pot
- 27.Blend the sounds: g – u – m. Which word is it? (a) gum (b) gem (c) sum
- 28.Change the “f” in “fun” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) run (b) fun (c) sun
- 29.Which word is “bus”? (a) tub (b) bus (c) run
- 30.Which word is “nut”? (a) sun (b) dot (c) nut
- 31.🚌 _ u s — which letter is missing? (a) g (b) b (c) t
- 32.Blend the sounds: r – o – d. Which word is it? (a) red (b) rod (c) rid
- 33.Blend the sounds: m – u – g. Which word is it? (a) bug (b) mug (c) tug
- 34.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) e
- 35.Change the “n” in “bun” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) mug (b) bun (c) bug
- 36.Change the “b” in “box” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) box (b) fox (c) fog
- 37.Which word is “log”? (a) dog (b) log (c) leg
- 38.Blend the sounds: c – o – t. Which word is it? (a) cot (b) rot (c) lot
- 39.🏃 Which word is this? (a) pen (b) red (c) run
- 40.Blend the sounds: r – u – b. Which word is it? (a) run (b) rub (c) tub
Answer key
- dog
- hot
- pot
- tub
- box
- dog
- c
- f
- n
- dog
- fox
- rug
- mug
- fox
- bug
- sun
- dot
- cup
- hug
- bus
- l
- d
- d
- b
- bug
- dot
- gum
- sun
- bus
- nut
- b
- rod
- mug
- o
- bug
- fox
- log
- cot
- run
- rub
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