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.Blend the sounds: h – u – m. Which word is it? (a) hem (b) ham (c) hum
- 2.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) e
- 3.🪵 Which word is this? (a) log (b) dog (c) leg
- 4.📦 Which word is this? (a) dog (b) bed (c) box
- 5.Change the “m” in “mop” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) top (b) mop (c) tip
- 6.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) i
- 7.Change the “g” in “gum” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) gum (b) sum (c) sun
- 8.Blend the sounds: j – o – g. Which word is it? (a) jog (b) hog (c) fog
- 9.Which word is “nut”? (a) hat (b) net (c) nut
- 10.⚫ _ o t — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) v (c) d
- 11.Which word is “sun”? (a) sun (b) hug (c) can
- 12.Blend the sounds: f – u – n. Which word is it? (a) fun (b) fan (c) sun
- 13.Which word is “dog”? (a) log (b) dog (c) dot
- 14.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) j (c) b
- 15.Which word is “run”? (a) pan (b) run (c) van
- 16.🏃 _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) c (c) r
- 17.☕ Which word is this? (a) cat (b) cup (c) can
- 18.Blend the sounds: b – u – d. Which word is it? (a) bad (b) bud (c) bed
- 19.🚌 Which word is this? (a) box (b) bus (c) bin
- 20.Blend the sounds: f – o – g. Which word is it? (a) fig (b) fog (c) fox
- 21.Which word is “cup”? (a) tap (b) cup (c) bus
- 22.Change the “h” in “hop” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) hop (b) top (c) cop
- 23.Which word is “tub”? (a) tub (b) ten (c) bug
- 24.Which word is “dot”? (a) bat (b) dot (c) cat
- 25.Change the “s” in “sum” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) sum (b) hum (c) gum
- 26.🛁 _ u b — which letter is missing? (a) g (b) t (c) n
- 27.🛁 Which word is this? (a) bug (b) web (c) tub
- 28.Blend the sounds: t – o – p. Which word is it? (a) top (b) mop (c) hop
- 29.🥜 _ u t — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) v (c) n
- 30.Which word is “bus”? (a) run (b) bus (c) cup
- 31.🐛 Which word is this? (a) bus (b) hug (c) bug
- 32.Change the “f” in “fog” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) fog (b) dig (c) dog
- 33.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) u
- 34.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) a
- 35.🥜 Which word is this? (a) nut (b) dot (c) bus
- 36.Change the “f” in “fun” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) fun (b) bus (c) bun
- 37.Change the “j” in “jug” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) dug (b) jug (c) bug
- 38.Change the “d” in “bud” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) bug (b) bud (c) beg
- 39.Which word is “hug”? (a) log (b) bug (c) hug
- 40.Which word is “bug”? (a) bug (b) bus (c) hug
Answer key
- hum
- u
- log
- box
- top
- u
- sum
- jog
- nut
- d
- sun
- fun
- dog
- b
- run
- r
- cup
- bud
- bus
- fog
- cup
- top
- tub
- dot
- gum
- t
- tub
- top
- n
- bus
- bug
- dog
- o
- o
- nut
- bun
- bug
- bug
- hug
- bug
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