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 “log”? (a) log (b) dog (c) leg
- 2.Change the “c” in “cop” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) hop (b) cop (c) mop
- 3.🦊 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) f (c) n
- 4.Change the “d” in “mud” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) mud (b) mug (c) jug
- 5.Change the “b” in “bun” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) run (b) bun (c) sun
- 6.🥜 Which word is this? (a) cat (b) dot (c) nut
- 7.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) i
- 8.🪵 Which word is this? (a) leg (b) log (c) dog
- 9.🪵 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) l (c) g
- 10.⚫ _ o t — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) j (c) h
- 11.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) o
- 12.Which word is “box”? (a) dot (b) bug (c) box
- 13.Which word is “dog”? (a) log (b) dot (c) dog
- 14.Blend the sounds: m – u – d. Which word is it? (a) bud (b) mad (c) mud
- 15.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) i
- 16.Change the “b” in “tub” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) hug (b) tug (c) tub
- 17.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) i
- 18.🐛 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) n (c) l
- 19.🚌 _ u s — which letter is missing? (a) f (b) b (c) h
- 20.Blend the sounds: l – o – g. Which word is it? (a) log (b) leg (c) hog
- 21.Change the “l” in “log” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) hog (b) dog (c) log
- 22.Blend the sounds: j – o – g. Which word is it? (a) fog (b) jog (c) log
- 23.📦 Which word is this? (a) bag (b) bug (c) box
- 24.🐛 Which word is this? (a) bus (b) hug (c) bug
- 25.Which word is “sun”? (a) bus (b) tub (c) sun
- 26.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) h (b) d (c) c
- 27.Which word is “bug”? (a) bug (b) bag (c) bus
- 28.Which word is “cup”? (a) cup (b) run (c) cat
- 29.☕ Which word is this? (a) cup (b) cat (c) can
- 30.Change the “c” in “cot” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) pot (b) pat (c) cot
- 31.Change the “h” in “hot” to “l”. Which word do you get? (a) hot (b) not (c) lot
- 32.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) u
- 33.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) g (b) r (c) b
- 34.🤗 Which word is this? (a) hug (b) nut (c) cup
- 35.Which word is “run”? (a) can (b) bin (c) run
- 36.Change the “n” in “bun” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) bud (b) bed (c) bun
- 37.Change the “b” in “box” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) fix (b) fox (c) box
- 38.Change the “t” in “hot” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) hog (b) hot (c) dog
- 39.Change the “p” in “hop” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) dot (b) hop (c) hot
- 40.Blend the sounds: p – o – t. Which word is it? (a) pot (b) rot (c) pit
Answer key
- log
- hop
- f
- mug
- sun
- nut
- u
- log
- l
- d
- u
- box
- dog
- mud
- u
- tug
- u
- b
- b
- log
- dog
- jog
- box
- bug
- sun
- d
- bug
- cup
- cup
- pot
- lot
- u
- b
- hug
- run
- bud
- fox
- hog
- hot
- pot
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