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