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