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