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.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) o
- 2.Which word is “run”? (a) pin (b) run (c) can
- 3.Blend the sounds: r – u – g. Which word is it? (a) rug (b) tug (c) hug
- 4.Change the “h” in “hum” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) hum (b) sun (c) sum
- 5.Which word is “cup”? (a) cup (b) run (c) cap
- 6.Blend the sounds: l – o – t. Which word is it? (a) cot (b) let (c) lot
- 7.Change the “f” in “fun” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) run (b) fun (c) sun
- 8.Change the “h” in “hot” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) cot (b) hot (c) pot
- 9.Change the “g” in “got” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) pit (b) got (c) pot
- 10.Change the “j” in “jog” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) dot (b) jog (c) dog
- 11.Which word is “dog”? (a) log (b) dot (c) dog
- 12.☀️ _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) l (b) s (c) d
- 13.🥜 Which word is this? (a) rat (b) nut (c) run
- 14.🏃 _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) c (c) b
- 15.Change the “n” in “run” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) rug (b) run (c) bug
- 16.Blend the sounds: h – u – g. Which word is it? (a) mug (b) rug (c) hug
- 17.Which word is “box”? (a) box (b) six (c) fox
- 18.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) o
- 19.Blend the sounds: r – u – n. Which word is it? (a) fun (b) rug (c) run
- 20.☕ Which word is this? (a) tub (b) cup (c) lip
- 21.Blend the sounds: d – o – t. Which word is it? (a) got (b) dot (c) rot
- 22.Which word is “sun”? (a) tub (b) sun (c) pen
- 23.Which word is “tub”? (a) tap (b) cup (c) tub
- 24.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 25.🦊 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) f (c) d
- 26.Which word is “bus”? (a) bat (b) bus (c) sun
- 27.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) e
- 28.Which word is “log”? (a) leg (b) dog (c) log
- 29.🛁 _ u b — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) t (c) s
- 30.Blend the sounds: b – u – g. Which word is it? (a) mug (b) beg (c) bug
- 31.Blend the sounds: f – u – n. Which word is it? (a) fan (b) bun (c) fun
- 32.Change the “g” in “bug” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) bug (b) bud (c) bus
- 33.🥜 _ u t — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) h (c) w
- 34.🐛 Which word is this? (a) bug (b) hug (c) bag
- 35.Blend the sounds: f – o – x. Which word is it? (a) fix (b) fog (c) fox
- 36.Change the “b” in “box” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) fog (b) box (c) fox
- 37.☀️ Which word is this? (a) hug (b) sun (c) can
- 38.⚫ Which word is this? (a) nut (b) log (c) dot
- 39.Which word is “fox”? (a) dot (b) dog (c) fox
- 40.Which word is “dot”? (a) dot (b) box (c) hat
Answer key
- o
- run
- rug
- sum
- cup
- lot
- sun
- cot
- pot
- dog
- dog
- s
- nut
- r
- rug
- hug
- box
- u
- run
- cup
- dot
- sun
- tub
- u
- f
- bus
- o
- log
- t
- bug
- fun
- bus
- n
- bug
- fox
- fox
- sun
- dot
- fox
- dot
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