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