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