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