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.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 2.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ai
- 3.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) mail (b) soap (c) see
- 4.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ay
- 5.Which word has “ee”, like “jeep”? (a) mail (b) grow (c) sheep
- 6.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) play (b) grow (c) sea
- 7.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) tail (b) tea (c) goat
- 8.Which word has “ea”, like “seat”? (a) day (b) dream (c) yellow
- 9.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) mail (b) seat (c) grow
- 10.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
- 11.Which word has “ea”, like “seat”? (a) pillow (b) paint (c) sea
- 12.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) soap (b) cheese (c) snail
- 13.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 14.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 15.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ay
- 16.Which word has “ay”, like “tray”? (a) leaf (b) goat (c) play
- 17.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ee
- 18.Which word has “ea”, like “seat”? (a) paint (b) tea (c) goat
- 19.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ay
- 20.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 21.Which word has “ai”, like “tail”? (a) boat (b) mail (c) tree
- 22.Which word has “ee”, like “cheese”? (a) three (b) play (c) boat
- 23.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) oa
- 24.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
- 25.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ay
- 26.Which word has “ay”, like “way”? (a) blow (b) sea (c) clay
- 27.Which word has “ay”, like “tray”? (a) soap (b) way (c) bean
- 28.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 29.Which word has “ee”, like “green”? (a) soap (b) way (c) tree
- 30.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 31.Which word has “ee”, like “see”? (a) sail (b) seed (c) bowl
- 32.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) bee (b) crayon (c) soap
- 33.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) oa
- 34.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) goat (b) way (c) tea
- 35.Which word has “ee”, like “sheep”? (a) toast (b) crayon (c) see
- 36.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) tray (b) sheep (c) coat
- 37.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) rain (b) pillow (c) leaf
- 38.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) goat (b) sea (c) train
- 39.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) coat (b) train (c) queen
- 40.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) boat (b) cheese (c) wait
Answer key
- ee
- ai
- soap
- ee
- sheep
- play
- goat
- dream
- seat
- ee
- sea
- snail
- oa
- ee
- oa
- play
- ow
- tea
- ea
- oa
- three
- ea
- ai
- ee
- clay
- way
- ay
- tree
- ee
- seed
- soap
- ai
- way
- see
- coat
- pillow
- sea
- coat
- wait
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