Vowel Teams Phonics Worksheets
How the sounds work (Two vowels, one long sound): Spot the team: ai, ay, ee, ea, oa or ow. Read the team as one long sound: g-oa-t. ay and ow are often at the end of a word (day, snow); ai and oa are in the middle (rain, boat).
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- 1.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ea
- 2.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) say (b) sweet (c) coat
- 3.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) paint (b) soap (c) sweet
- 4.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) goat (b) wait (c) peach
- 5.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) say (b) see (c) toast
- 6.Which word has “ea”, like “beach”? (a) soap (b) leaf (c) day
- 7.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ee
- 8.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) stay (b) cheese (c) toast
- 9.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ea
- 10.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ay
- 11.Which word has “ay”, like “stay”? (a) wheel (b) road (c) say
- 12.Which word has “ay”, like “stay”? (a) rainbow (b) sheep (c) clay
- 13.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 14.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) peach (b) bowl (c) play
- 15.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ea
- 16.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) wheel (b) sail (c) coat
- 17.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) soap (b) seed (c) tail
- 18.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) stay (b) road (c) dream
- 19.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 20.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ea
- 21.Which word has “ea”, like “tea”? (a) bean (b) bowl (c) play
- 22.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ai
- 23.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) tail (b) sweet (c) toast
- 24.Which word has “ee”, like “see”? (a) three (b) train (c) boat
- 25.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) tray (b) tree (c) crow
- 26.Which word has “ee”, like “three”? (a) seed (b) say (c) snow
- 27.Which word has “ow”, like “rainbow”? (a) grow (b) seat (c) wait
- 28.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ea
- 29.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) sail (b) goat (c) bee
- 30.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) window (b) three (c) nail
- 31.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) eat (b) boat (c) nail
- 32.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 33.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ay
- 34.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) play (b) bean (c) soap
- 35.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ea
- 36.Which word has “ea”, like “seat”? (a) tail (b) dream (c) toast
- 37.Which word has “ea”, like “beach”? (a) play (b) blow (c) eat
- 38.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) day (b) dream (c) soap
- 39.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ea
- 40.Which word has “ee”, like “cheese”? (a) see (b) rainbow (c) snail
Answer key
- ai
- coat
- paint
- wait
- say
- leaf
- ee
- stay
- oa
- ay
- say
- clay
- ee
- bowl
- ea
- sail
- soap
- stay
- ee
- ea
- bean
- ai
- tail
- three
- crow
- seed
- grow
- oa
- sail
- nail
- nail
- ee
- oa
- play
- ow
- dream
- eat
- dream
- ai
- see
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