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 this? (a) pin (b) six (c) sun
- 2.Which word is “dot”? (a) dot (b) log (c) cat
- 3.Which word is “sun”? (a) pan (b) hug (c) sun
- 4.Change the “c” in “cut” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) nut (b) cut (c) hut
- 5.🥜 Which word is this? (a) bug (b) bus (c) nut
- 6.Blend the sounds: c – u – t. Which word is it? (a) cut (b) cot (c) nut
- 7.Blend the sounds: l – o – g. Which word is it? (a) lot (b) hog (c) log
- 8.Which word is “box”? (a) box (b) bag (c) log
- 9.🚌 Which word is this? (a) bin (b) sun (c) bus
- 10.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) i
- 11.🏃 _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) r (c) n
- 12.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) a
- 13.🚌 _ u s — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) b (c) c
- 14.🦊 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) f (b) z (c) w
- 15.🐛 Which word is this? (a) bag (b) bug (c) bus
- 16.Change the “f” in “fog” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) hog (b) fog (c) hop
- 17.Blend the sounds: l – o – t. Which word is it? (a) rot (b) lot (c) got
- 18.Blend the sounds: h – o – t. Which word is it? (a) hat (b) rot (c) hot
- 19.Which word is “run”? (a) cup (b) van (c) run
- 20.🏃 Which word is this? (a) can (b) rat (c) run
- 21.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) u
- 22.Change the “r” in “rub” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) rub (b) cub (c) tub
- 23.Blend the sounds: d – o – g. Which word is it? (a) dog (b) fog (c) dug
- 24.Which word is “log”? (a) leg (b) dog (c) log
- 25.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) a
- 26.📦 Which word is this? (a) bin (b) box (c) bus
- 27.Which word is “bug”? (a) hug (b) bag (c) bug
- 28.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) u
- 29.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) l (b) d (c) s
- 30.☀️ _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) v (c) b
- 31.Change the “d” in “mud” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) mud (b) dug (c) mug
- 32.Change the “h” in “hum” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) gum (b) gem (c) hum
- 33.Change the “d” in “dot” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) rod (b) rot (c) dot
- 34.🐶 Which word is this? (a) dog (b) log (c) dot
- 35.Blend the sounds: r – o – d. Which word is it? (a) nod (b) rod (c) red
- 36.Change the “b” in “cub” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) cup (b) cub (c) cut
- 37.Change the “t” in “lot” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) log (b) lot (c) leg
- 38.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) u
- 39.Blend the sounds: b – u – n. Which word is it? (a) bin (b) bun (c) bud
- 40.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) e
Answer key
- sun
- dot
- sun
- nut
- nut
- cut
- log
- box
- bus
- u
- r
- o
- b
- f
- bug
- hog
- lot
- hot
- run
- run
- u
- cub
- dog
- log
- u
- box
- bug
- u
- d
- s
- mug
- gum
- rot
- dog
- rod
- cup
- log
- u
- bun
- u
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