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