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) dog (b) leg (c) log
- 2.Which word is “cup”? (a) bus (b) cup (c) tub
- 3.☕ _ u p — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) b (c) l
- 4.Blend the sounds: h – o – t. Which word is it? (a) hop (b) hit (c) hot
- 5.Change the “d” in “dot” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) hot (b) dot (c) hop
- 6.Which word is “sun”? (a) pan (b) cup (c) sun
- 7.🛁 Which word is this? (a) tub (b) hug (c) bus
- 8.Blend the sounds: b – o – x. Which word is it? (a) bed (b) jog (c) box
- 9.Which word is “dot”? (a) dot (b) log (c) nut
- 10.Change the “t” in “hot” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) hop (b) hog (c) hot
- 11.Blend the sounds: b – u – s. Which word is it? (a) bug (b) bun (c) bus
- 12.🤗 Which word is this? (a) hug (b) hen (c) hat
- 13.Blend the sounds: c – u – p. Which word is it? (a) cup (b) cop (c) cub
- 14.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) u
- 15.Blend the sounds: d – o – t. Which word is it? (a) hot (b) dot (c) rot
- 16.🥜 _ u t — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) c (c) n
- 17.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) e
- 18.⚫ _ o t — which letter is missing? (a) j (b) d (c) n
- 19.Blend the sounds: g – o – t. Which word is it? (a) get (b) hot (c) got
- 20.Blend the sounds: r – o – t. Which word is it? (a) rot (b) lot (c) hot
- 21.Change the “d” in “dot” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) not (b) nut (c) dot
- 22.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) u
- 23.Change the “f” in “fun” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) fun (b) bin (c) bun
- 24.☕ Which word is this? (a) zip (b) cup (c) cap
- 25.🚌 _ u s — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) b (c) f
- 26.⚫ Which word is this? (a) box (b) hat (c) dot
- 27.Which word is “bus”? (a) cup (b) tub (c) bus
- 28.Change the “t” in “top” to “m”. Which word do you get? (a) top (b) mop (c) cop
- 29.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) u
- 30.Which word is “fox”? (a) log (b) fox (c) six
- 31.☀️ Which word is this? (a) sun (b) hug (c) can
- 32.Change the “d” in “dog” to “l”. Which word do you get? (a) leg (b) dog (c) log
- 33.🐛 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) b (c) z
- 34.Change the “g” in “hug” to “m”. Which word do you get? (a) hut (b) hum (c) hug
- 35.Blend the sounds: r – u – n. Which word is it? (a) run (b) fun (c) sun
- 36.Change the “b” in “bun” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) sun (b) bun (c) sum
- 37.🚌 Which word is this? (a) hug (b) bus (c) bug
- 38.🤗 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) h (b) w (c) n
- 39.Change the “r” in “rod” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) rod (b) not (c) nod
- 40.☀️ _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) b (c) v
Answer key
- log
- cup
- c
- hot
- hot
- sun
- tub
- box
- dot
- hog
- bus
- hug
- cup
- u
- dot
- n
- u
- d
- got
- rot
- not
- u
- bun
- cup
- b
- dot
- bus
- mop
- o
- fox
- sun
- log
- b
- hum
- run
- sun
- bus
- h
- nod
- s
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