CVC Word and Picture Matching Worksheet 35: Short u
Free printable CVC phonics worksheet
Short u word and picture matching worksheet uses cut, hut, nut and cub. Pupils connect four printed labels to cutting with scissors, a hut, a nut and a young bear. Three words end ut, while cub changes the ending to b.
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Preview of the short u word and picture matching worksheet (Worksheet 35). Download the PDF for the clean printable page.
Refer to Alphabet Chart with Picture Prompts (A-Z) for checking b and t forms. For a follow-up requiring all letters to be placed independently, use CVC Picture Letter Ordering Worksheet.
Match short u CVC words to pictures
Cut names the action shown with scissors rather than the tool itself. Hut is the small building, nut the food picture and cub the young animal. Introduce those intended short labels before pupils choose from the written list.
The short u word and picture matching worksheet page includes cut and cub, which share cu. Their last letters distinguish the action from the animal. Hut and nut add first-letter contrasts while retaining ut.
What is included?
- Four printed word choices: cut, hut, nut, cub.
- Four pictures down the left side, ordered cub, nut, cut, hut.
- A matching activity on page 1 and a separate answer key with the correct connections on page 2.
- The four-page PDF also contains a thank-you page and terms of use.
Teaching this worksheet
Show the cutting picture and read c-u-t. Compare cub, listening to b at the end and identifying the young bear. Ask pupils to find both final letters before connecting those labels.
For short u word and picture matching worksheet, read hut and point to the small building. Contrast nut by changing h to n, then locate the nut picture second on the left.
Review with page 2 after all four lines are finished. If cut and cub are confused, attend to t and b at the ends. Reread each corrected label with the appropriate action or animal picture.
Picture-word activities
- Build cut and cub with tiles, replacing only their final consonants.
- Compare hut and nut with the drawings covered to check their different beginnings.
- Say a spoken clue for the small building, then find and read hut.
Support and next steps
Supply cub if the learner says bear, and cut if they name scissors. Explain hut as the small building rather than requiring the child to infer the intended short word from its shape.
After short u word and picture matching worksheet, dictate cut and nut on spare paper. Ask the pupil to compare their first letters after writing, then contrast cut with cub for a separate final-letter check.
Use short u word and picture matching worksheet after teaching short u and the relevant consonants. Aligning extra word practice with the taught sequence is explained in the Department for Education reading framework.
Worksheet 35 answers
The answer page shows the correct connections. Reading the activity pictures from top to bottom:
- cub matches word 4 in the right-hand column.
- nut matches word 3 in the right-hand column.
- cut matches word 1 in the right-hand column.
- hut matches word 2 in the right-hand column.
Resource licence
Free for personal, homeschool or single-classroom use under the terms included in the PDF. Resale, redistribution and uploading the file to another website are not permitted.
Questions about this worksheet
Is the scissors picture labelled scissors?
The target is cut, naming the action shown.
Which choice is outside the ut group?
Cub ends ub, while cut, hut and nut end ut.
Why compare cut and cub?
They share the first two letters, so the final t or b determines the word.
Does short u word and picture matching worksheet have a key?
Yes. The four-page PDF contains the activity, its answer connections and two supporting pages.
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