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.🐛 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) b (c) v
- 2.Change the “p” in “pot” to “l”. Which word do you get? (a) lot (b) pot (c) let
- 3.Which word is “run”? (a) pen (b) bin (c) run
- 4.Which word is “log”? (a) leg (b) log (c) dog
- 5.Blend the sounds: n – o – d. Which word is it? (a) rod (b) nod (c) not
- 6.Which word is “bus”? (a) tub (b) bus (c) bag
- 7.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) u
- 8.Blend the sounds: h – u – g. Which word is it? (a) rug (b) hug (c) hut
- 9.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) u
- 10.🦊 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) z (c) f
- 11.Which word is “sun”? (a) sun (b) run (c) tub
- 12.Change the “f” in “fun” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) bun (b) run (c) fun
- 13.🥜 Which word is this? (a) tub (b) dot (c) nut
- 14.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) h (b) d (c) c
- 15.Which word is “box”? (a) box (b) log (c) bus
- 16.Change the “c” in “cut” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) cut (b) hut (c) hug
- 17.Which word is “bug”? (a) bug (b) hug (c) bag
- 18.Blend the sounds: d – o – t. Which word is it? (a) pot (b) dot (c) dog
- 19.🪵 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) l (b) p (c) j
- 20.🤗 Which word is this? (a) bus (b) hat (c) hug
- 21.Blend the sounds: r – u – b. Which word is it? (a) tub (b) rub (c) run
- 22.Which word is “cup”? (a) cup (b) map (c) cat
- 23.Change the “b” in “bug” to “m”. Which word do you get? (a) bug (b) mug (c) tug
- 24.Change the “n” in “not” to “l”. Which word do you get? (a) not (b) lot (c) lit
- 25.Change the “f” in “fog” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) jog (b) dog (c) fog
- 26.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) e
- 27.Change the “h” in “hot” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) dot (b) cot (c) hot
- 28.🚌 Which word is this? (a) bus (b) box (c) hug
- 29.🐶 Which word is this? (a) dot (b) dog (c) log
- 30.Which word is “hug”? (a) pig (b) hug (c) nut
- 31.🐛 Which word is this? (a) hug (b) bag (c) bug
- 32.Blend the sounds: d – o – g. Which word is it? (a) dog (b) dig (c) dot
- 33.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) o
- 34.Change the “g” in “log” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) rot (b) log (c) lot
- 35.Change the “t” in “top” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) mop (b) hop (c) top
- 36.🦊 Which word is this? (a) dot (b) six (c) fox
- 37.☕ _ u p — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) z (c) g
- 38.Change the “h” in “hot” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) got (b) hot (c) lot
- 39.⚫ Which word is this? (a) fox (b) dot (c) cat
- 40.Change the “r” in “rug” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) dug (b) rug (c) dig
Answer key
- b
- lot
- run
- log
- nod
- bus
- o
- hug
- o
- f
- sun
- bun
- nut
- d
- box
- hut
- bug
- dot
- l
- hug
- rub
- cup
- mug
- lot
- dog
- u
- dot
- bus
- dog
- hug
- bug
- dog
- u
- lot
- hop
- fox
- c
- got
- dot
- dug
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