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 – o – g. Which word is it? (a) hug (b) hog (c) dog
- 2.Which word is “dog”? (a) log (b) dog (c) dot
- 3.☀️ Which word is this? (a) pen (b) sun (c) cup
- 4.🐶 Which word is this? (a) dot (b) log (c) dog
- 5.Blend the sounds: r – u – n. Which word is it? (a) run (b) fun (c) ran
- 6.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) u
- 7.Which word is “bus”? (a) nut (b) box (c) bus
- 8.Which word is “sun”? (a) sun (b) tub (c) van
- 9.🛁 _ u b — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) c (c) d
- 10.Which word is “fox”? (a) fox (b) box (c) log
- 11.Which word is “bug”? (a) bag (b) bug (c) bus
- 12.🏃 Which word is this? (a) run (b) rat (c) pen
- 13.Change the “h” in “hut” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) hut (b) nut (c) cut
- 14.Blend the sounds: m – o – p. Which word is it? (a) cop (b) top (c) mop
- 15.Blend the sounds: d – u – g. Which word is it? (a) dug (b) jug (c) hug
- 16.Which word is “run”? (a) pin (b) hug (c) run
- 17.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) u
- 18.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) i
- 19.Change the “g” in “gum” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) gum (b) hum (c) sum
- 20.Blend the sounds: h – u – m. Which word is it? (a) hem (b) hum (c) hug
- 21.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) o
- 22.Change the “h” in “hog” to “j”. Which word do you get? (a) dog (b) hog (c) jog
- 23.Which word is “dot”? (a) bat (b) dot (c) rat
- 24.🤗 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) l (b) n (c) h
- 25.☀️ _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) r (c) h
- 26.Blend the sounds: t – o – p. Which word is it? (a) tap (b) hop (c) top
- 27.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) j (b) z (c) d
- 28.🦊 Which word is this? (a) six (b) fox (c) log
- 29.🪵 Which word is this? (a) dog (b) log (c) leg
- 30.Which word is “box”? (a) box (b) bug (c) dot
- 31.Change the “n” in “nut” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) nut (b) hut (c) hit
- 32.Which word is “log”? (a) leg (b) log (c) dog
- 33.Blend the sounds: p – o – t. Which word is it? (a) pot (b) got (c) cot
- 34.⚫ Which word is this? (a) cat (b) bat (c) dot
- 35.Blend the sounds: l – o – g. Which word is it? (a) hog (b) lot (c) log
- 36.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) o
- 37.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) u
- 38.Change the “b” in “bug” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) hug (b) bug (c) hut
- 39.Change the “h” in “hot” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) hot (b) rot (c) rod
- 40.🚌 _ u s — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) r (c) s
Answer key
- hog
- dog
- sun
- dog
- run
- u
- bus
- sun
- t
- fox
- bug
- run
- cut
- mop
- dug
- run
- o
- o
- hum
- hum
- u
- jog
- dot
- h
- s
- top
- d
- fox
- log
- box
- hut
- log
- pot
- dot
- log
- o
- u
- hug
- rot
- b
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