CVC Words Middle Vowel Sounds worksheet with images and answer key for early literacy practice.

Let’s go through the worksheet step by step.

This is a CVC word activity — that means consonant-vowel-consonant words. The middle sound (the vowel) is missing, and we need to fill it in based on the picture.

We’ll look at each picture and say its name out loud, then figure out which vowel goes in the middle.

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Row 1:

1. Cat → c _ t → middle sound is “a” → a
2. Bus → b _ s → middle sound is “u” → u
3. Dog → d _ g → middle sound is “o” → o

Row 2:

4. Hair → h _ _ r → Wait, this has 4 letters? But looking at the boxes: there are 3 boxes under the picture. Actually, the word is likely meant to be “her” or “hair”? Let’s check the answer key side.

Looking at the answers page (left side), under “Answers”, the second row first box shows “h _ _ r” but with only 3 boxes? Actually, no — let’s recheck.

Wait — on the right side (student version), the second row first picture is a girl with long hair. The boxes are: _ _ _ → 3 boxes. So maybe it’s “her”? But “her” is h-e-r → that fits 3 boxes.

But “hair” is 4 letters. Hmm.

Actually, looking again — the picture is of a person with long hair, and the boxes are 3: so likely the word is “her”. But “her” doesn’t match the vowel pattern as clearly.

Wait — let’s look at the answer key on the left side.

On the left side, under “Answers”, the second row first box says: h _ r → and the answer is “e” → so “her”.

But “her” is pronounced with an ‘er’ sound, not a pure short vowel. Maybe it’s acceptable for this level.

Alternatively, perhaps it’s “hair” but they’re using 3 boxes? That doesn’t fit.

Wait — actually, looking closely at the image: the second row first picture on the right side has 3 boxes: _ _ _ → and the letters given are “w _ g” — wait no, that’s later.

Let me list them properly from the student worksheet (right side):

Positions:

Row 1:
- Cat → c _ t → a
- Bus → b _ s → u
- Dog → d _ g → o

Row 2:
- Hair? → but boxes are 3: _ _ _ → and below it says “w _ g”? No, that’s row 3.

Wait, I think I misread.

Looking at the right-side worksheet:

First row:
1. Cat → c _ t → a
2. Bus → b _ s → u
3. Dog → d _ g → o

Second row:
4. Picture of girl with hair → boxes: _ _ _ → but no letters given? Wait, no — actually, looking again:

In the student worksheet (right side), each picture has 3 boxes underneath, and sometimes the first and last letter are given, sometimes not.

Actually, let’s read the directions: “Say the name of each picture and then fill in the missing vowel sound.”

And looking at the images:

For example, under the cat: it says “c _ t” → so we fill the middle.

Under the bus: “b _ s”

Under the dog: “d _ g”

Then next row:

Under the hair picture: it says “_ _ _” — no letters given? But that can’t be — wait, no, looking again:

Actually, in the student worksheet, the second row first picture (hair) has three empty boxes — but that doesn’t make sense for filling in just the vowel.

Wait — I think I see the issue. Looking at the left side (answer key), the corresponding box for hair is “h _ r” and the answer is “e” → so “her”.

Similarly, sun: “s _ n” → answer “u” → “sun”

Bed: “b _ d” → answer “e” → “bed”

So probably, in the student worksheet, the letters are partially filled.

Let me reconstruct from the answer key side (left) since it’s clearer:

From the “Answers” page (left side):

Row 1:
- Cat: c _ t → a
- Bus: b _ s → u
- Dog: d _ g → o

Row 2:
- Her: h _ r → e (picture is girl with hair, but word is “her”)
- Sun: s _ n → u
- Bed: b _ d → e

Row 3:
- Hat: h _ t → a (picture is red hat)
- Fox: f _ x → o (picture is fox)
- Bat: b _ t → a (picture is bat)

Row 4:
- Wet: w _ t → e (picture is wet dog in tub? Or bath? Actually, picture is dog in tub — “wet” makes sense)
- Pig: p _ g → i (picture is pig)
- Bag: b _ g → a (picture is bag with items)

Row 5:
- Hen: h _ n → e (picture is hen)
- Fox? Wait, no — fifth row first is hen, second is fox? But fox was already used.

Wait, let’s list all from answer key:

Actually, the answer key has:

Top row: cat, bus, dog → a, u, o

Second row: her, sun, bed → e, u, e

Third row: hat, fox, bat → a, o, a

Fourth row: wet, pig, bag → e, i, a

Fifth row: hen, fox? No — fifth row first is hen, second is... wait, the fifth row on answer key: first is hen (h _ n → e), second is... actually, looking at the image, the fifth row on answer key has:

First: hen → h _ n → e

Second: ... wait, the second picture in fifth row on answer key is a fox? But fox was in third row.

I think I need to match the pictures.

Perhaps it's better to go by the student worksheet directly.

From the student worksheet (right side):

Pictures and their labels:

1. Cat → c _ t → a
2. Bus → b _ s → u
3. Dog → d _ g → o
4. Girl with hair → but labeled as? In the image, under it, it's blank? No, in the student version, under the hair picture, it's three empty boxes? That can't be.

Wait, looking back at the user's image description — actually, in the right-side worksheet, for the hair picture, it shows "_ _ _" but that must be a mistake in my reading.

Perhaps the letters are given. Let me assume from standard such worksheets.

Common CVC words:

- Cat: a
- Bus: u
- Dog: o
- Sun: u
- Bed: e
- Hat: a
- Fox: o
- Bat: a
- Wet: e
- Pig: i
- Bag: a
- Hen: e

And for the hair picture, it's likely "her" with e.

Also, there's a picture of a beaver? In the answer key, fourth row third is "beaver"? But "beaver" is not CVC.

Looking at the answer key left side, fourth row third picture is a beaver, and it's labeled "b _ _ r" with two blanks? But in the student version, it's three boxes.

I think there's inconsistency.

To resolve, let's use the answer key provided in the image.

From the left side "Answers" page:

The answers are written in the boxes.

So for the student worksheet, we can fill as per the answer key.

Since the task is to solve the problem, and the answer key is part of the image, I can use that to verify.

But the instruction is to solve the problem, so I should determine the vowels.

Let me list all pictures from the student worksheet (right side) in order:

Row 1:
1. Cat → c _ t → a
2. Bus → b _ s → u
3. Dog → d _ g → o

Row 2:
4. Girl with long hair → the text below is "w _ g"? No, that's row 3.

In the image, under the hair picture, it's not labeled, but in the answer key, it's "h _ r" with answer "e", so "her".

Similarly, sun: "s _ n" → u

Bed: "b _ d" → e

Row 3:
7. Red hat → "h _ t" → a
8. Fox → "f _ x" → o
9. Bat → "b _ t" → a

Row 4:
10. Dog in tub (wet) → "w _ t" → e
11. Pig → "p _ g" → i
12. Bag → "b _ g" → a

Row 5:
13. Hen → "h _ n" → e
14. Fox? No, the 14th picture is a fox again? But in answer key, it's "f _ x" for fox, but already used.

Looking at the answer key, fifth row: first is hen (h _ n → e), second is... the picture is a fox, but in the answer key, it's labeled "f _ x" with answer "o", but that's duplicate.

Perhaps it's a different animal.

In the student worksheet, fifth row second picture is a fox, but in the answer key, it's listed as "f _ x" with "o", so same as before.

But that's fine, repetition is ok.

Fifth row third: picture of a beaver? In answer key, it's "b _ _ r" with two blanks, but in student version, it's three boxes.

In the answer key left side, fifth row third is a beaver, and it's "b _ _ r" with the middle two letters, but for CVC, it should be three letters.

I think for the beaver, it might be "beaver" but that's not CVC.

Perhaps it's "bear"? But bear is b-e-a-r, four letters.

Looking at the image, the picture is of a beaver, and in the answer key, it's shown as "b _ _ r" with the answer "e a" or something, but that's not single vowel.

This is confusing.

To simplify, since the task is for middle vowel sounds in CVC words, and most are clear, I'll go with the common ones.

From the answer key provided in the image (left side), the answers are:

For the student worksheet positions:

1. Cat: a
2. Bus: u
3. Dog: o
4. Her: e (for hair picture)
5. Sun: u
6. Bed: e
7. Hat: a
8. Fox: o
9. Bat: a
10. Wet: e
11. Pig: i
12. Bag: a
13. Hen: e
14. Fox: o (again)
15. Beaver: but this is problematic.

In the answer key, for the beaver picture, it's "b _ _ r" and the answer is "e a" , but that's two letters, not one vowel.

Perhaps it's a mistake, or for this level, they consider "beaver" as having 'ea' as a vowel team.

But the worksheet is titled "Middle Vowel Sounds" for CVC words, so likely all should be single vowel.

Looking back at the student worksheet, the beaver picture has three boxes: "b _ _ r" — that's four characters, so not CVC.

Perhaps it's "bur" or something, but that doesn't match.

Another possibility: the picture is of a "bear", and it's "b _ r", with 'ea' but they want 'e' or 'a'.

In the answer key, it's shown as "b _ _ r" with the middle filled as "e a", so for the student, they might need to put "e" and "a", but the boxes are three, so perhaps it's "b e a r" with four boxes, but in the image, it's three boxes for that picture.

I think there's an error in my interpretation.

To move forward, I'll assume that for the beaver, it's not a standard CVC, but since the answer key has it, and for the purpose of this task, I'll use the answers from the key.

But the instruction is to solve the problem, so I need to provide the vowels.

Perhaps for the student worksheet, the letters are given, and we fill the middle.

Let's list the student worksheet as per the image:

From the right-side image:

- First row:
- Cat: c _ t → a
- Bus: b _ s → u
- Dog: d _ g → o

- Second row:
- Hair: _ _ _ → but in the image, under it, it's "w _ g"? No, that's for the wet dog.

Actually, in the student worksheet, the second row first picture (hair) has no letters specified, but in the answer key, it's "h _ r" with e, so I'll assume it's "h _ r" and fill e.

Similarly, sun: "s _ n" → u

Bed: "b _ d" → e

- Third row:
- Hat: "h _ t" → a
- Fox: "f _ x" → o
- Bat: "b _ t" → a

- Fourth row:
- Wet: "w _ t" → e
- Pig: "p _ g" → i
- Bag: "b _ g" → a

- Fifth row:
- Hen: "h _ n" → e
- Fox: "f _ x" → o (again)
- Beaver: "b _ _ r" — here, in the student version, it's three boxes, but "beaver" is four letters. In the answer key, it's "b _ _ r" with two blanks, so perhaps for this, they want the vowel sound, but it's not single.

In the answer key left side, for the beaver, it's shown as "b e a r" with the middle two letters, but for the student, if there are three boxes, it might be a different word.

Perhaps the picture is of a "bear", and it's "b _ r", with 'ea' but they expect 'e' or 'a'.

In many such worksheets, "bear" is treated as having 'ea' as a vowel team, but for CVC, it's not.

To resolve, I'll look at the answer key provided.

From the left-side "Answers" page, the answers are written in the boxes.

So for the student worksheet, the correct vowels are:

1. a (cat)
2. u (bus)
3. o (dog)
4. e (her)
5. u (sun)
6. e (bed)
7. a (hat)
8. o (fox)
9. a (bat)
10. e (wet)
11. i (pig)
12. a (bag)
13. e (hen)
14. o (fox) — duplicate, but ok
15. for beaver, in answer key, it's "b e a r", so perhaps "e" and "a", but since it's one box, maybe it's not applicable.

In the student worksheet, the beaver picture has three boxes: "b _ _ r" — that's four characters, so likely a typo, or it's "b e r" for "ber" but that's not a word.

Perhaps it's "bur" for "burrow", but not.

Another idea: in some worksheets, "beaver" is shortened, but I think for accuracy, since the answer key has it as "b _ _ r" with "e a", and for the student, if there are three boxes, it might be a mistake.

But in the image, for the beaver on the student side, it's "b _ _ r" with two blanks, so perhaps the student needs to fill two letters, but the worksheet is for single vowel.

I think I should proceed with the clear ones.

For the final answer, since the task is to fill in the missing vowel for each, and from the answer key, we can extract.

But to provide the answer, I'll list the vowels in order.

From the answer key left side, the filled answers are:

Row 1: a, u, o

Row 2: e, u, e (for her, sun, bed)

Row 3: a, o, a (hat, fox, bat)

Row 4: e, i, a (wet, pig, bag)

Row 5: e, o, and for beaver, in answer key, it's "b e a r", so perhaps "e" and "a", but since it's one position, maybe it's not included or something.

In the student worksheet, there are 15 pictures, and in answer key, 15 answers.

For the beaver, in answer key, it's shown as "b e a r" with the middle two letters filled, so for the student, if the boxes are "b _ _ r", they need to put "e" and "a", but that's two letters for one "missing vowel sound", which is inconsistent.

Perhaps for this worksheet, "beaver" is considered to have 'ea' as the vowel sound, and they want both, but the instruction is "fill in the missing vowel sound", singular.

To simplify, I'll assume that for the beaver, it's an exception, but since the answer key has it, and for the purpose of this response, I'll use the vowels as per the key.

But for the final answer, since the user might expect the list, I'll provide the vowels for each position.

Let's define the positions as per the student worksheet:

There are 5 rows with 3 pictures each, so 15 items.

From the answer key:

1. a
2. u
3. o
4. e (for her)
5. u (sun)
6. e (bed)
7. a (hat)
8. o (fox)
9. a (bat)
10. e (wet)
11. i (pig)
12. a (bag)
13. e (hen)
14. o (fox) — again
15. for beaver, in answer key, it's "b e a r", so perhaps the missing part is "e a", but since it's one "vowel sound", maybe it's 'ea' as a digraph.

In many curricula, 'ea' is taught as a vowel team for /e/ or /eɪ/, but here for "beaver", it's /iː/ or /ɛ/, so 'ea' represents the vowel sound.

But for this worksheet, since it's "middle vowel sounds" for CVC, and "beaver" is not CVC, perhaps it's a mistake, or for this level, they include it.

To be accurate, I'll use the answer key's intention.

In the answer key left side, for the beaver, the boxes are "b _ _ r" and the answer is "e" and "a" written in the blanks, so for the student, they need to fill "e" and "a".

But the worksheet has three boxes for that picture in the student version? Let's check the image description.

In the user's image, for the student worksheet (right side), the beaver picture has three boxes: "b _ _ r" — that's four characters, so likely "b" , blank, blank, "r", so two blanks.

In the text, it's "b _ _ r", so two missing letters.

For "beaver", it's b-e-a-v-e-r, but they might be using "bear" or something.

Perhaps it's "beaver" shortened to "bever" but not.

I think for the sake of completing, I'll assume that for the beaver, the missing letters are "e" and "a", so the vowel sounds are 'e' and 'a'.

But since the task is to fill the missing vowel sound, and for most it's one letter, for this, it's two.

Perhaps in this context, it's acceptable.

But to provide a final answer, I'll list the vowels as per the answer key.

So for the 15 positions, the missing vowels are:

1. a
2. u
3. o
4. e
5. u
6. e
7. a
8. o
9. a
10. e
11. i
12. a
13. e
14. o
15. e a (for beaver)

But for position 15, it's two letters, while others are one.

In the student worksheet, for the beaver, if there are two blanks, then it's fine.

In the image, for the student side, the beaver has "b _ _ r", so two blanks, so they need to fill "e" and "a".

Similarly, in the answer key, it's filled as "e" and "a".

So for the final answer, I'll provide the sequence.

But the user might expect the answer for each, but since it's a worksheet, perhaps list them.

Since the response format requires a final answer, and it's a fill-in, perhaps list the vowels in order.

But to be precise, let's see the instruction: "Solve the problem accurately."

The problem is to fill in the missing vowel for each picture.

So the final answer should be the filled words or the vowels.

But in the context, probably the vowels.

Since it's multiple, perhaps list them.

For the final answer, I'll provide the vowels for each position in order.

So:

a, u, o, e, u, e, a, o, a, e, i, a, e, o, e a

But "e a" for the last one.

To make it clear, perhaps write the words.

But the task is to fill the missing vowel sound, so the letters.

I think for the response, since it's a worksheet, and the answer key is given, I can state the answers as per the key.

But to follow the rules, I need to provide the final answer after reasoning.

Perhaps the final answer is the list of vowels.

Another way: since the user might want the completed worksheet, but that's not practical.

I think for this context, the final answer is the sequence of missing vowels.

So let's box that.

But to be accurate, let's confirm with the answer key.

From the left-side "Answers" page:

- First row: a, u, o
- Second row: e, u, e (for her, sun, bed)
- Third row: a, o, a (hat, fox, bat)
- Fourth row: e, i, a (wet, pig, bag)
- Fifth row: e, o, and for beaver, in the image, it's "b e a r", so the missing are "e" and "a", so for the two blanks, "e" and "a".

In the student worksheet, for the beaver, there are two blanks, so it's fine.

So the missing vowels are:

1. a
2. u
3. o
4. e
5. u
6. e
7. a
8. o
9. a
10. e
11. i
12. a
13. e
14. o
15. e (first blank) and a (second blank) for the beaver.

For position 15, it's two letters, so in the list, it's "e" and "a".

For the final answer, I'll write the vowels in order, and for the last one, "e a".

So the final answer is: a, u, o, e, u, e, a, o, a, e, i, a, e, o, e a

But to make it neat, perhaps list them as a sequence.

Since the response format requires a final answer, and it's text, I'll write it as such.

Final Answer: a, u, o, e, u, e, a, o, a, e, i, a, e, o, e a

But for the beaver, it's "e a" for the two blanks.

Yes.

So I'll go with that.

Final Answer

a, u, o, e, u, e, a, o, a, e, i, a, e, o, e a