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.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ea
- 2.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) bean (b) day (c) boat
- 3.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) chain (b) tree (c) soap
- 4.Which word has “oa”, like “road”? (a) boat (b) cheese (c) play
- 5.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ay
- 6.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ea
- 7.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ea
- 8.3️⃣ thr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 9.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) ow
- 10.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
- 11.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) boat (b) hay (c) green
- 12.Which word has “ea”, like “seat”? (a) dream (b) bowl (c) tray
- 13.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) sea (b) slow (c) day
- 14.Which word has “ee”, like “bee”? (a) snail (b) blow (c) queen
- 15.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ai
- 16.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) pillow (b) train (c) seed
- 17.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) stay (b) soap (c) tea
- 18.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 19.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) tea (b) sail (c) snow
- 20.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
- 21.Which word has “ow”, like “grow”? (a) jeep (b) pillow (c) day
- 22.Which word has “ay”, like “stay”? (a) sheep (b) road (c) day
- 23.Which word has “ee”, like “see”? (a) boat (b) rain (c) tree
- 24.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) nail (b) leaf (c) snow
- 25.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ai
- 26.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) seat (b) play (c) road
- 27.Which word has “ee”, like “cheese”? (a) crow (b) rain (c) wheel
- 28.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) road (b) paint (c) tree
- 29.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) train (b) feet (c) yellow
- 30.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
- 31.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) three (b) coat (c) hay
- 32.Which word has “ay”, like “tray”? (a) sweet (b) crayon (c) soap
- 33.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) ow
- 34.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
- 35.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) oa
- 36.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) bee (b) blow (c) way
- 37.Which word has “ea”, like “eat”? (a) coat (b) leaf (c) play
- 38.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
- 39.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) sweet (b) way (c) crow
- 40.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ea
Answer key
- ea
- boat
- chain
- boat
- ay
- ai
- oa
- ee
- ow
- ee
- hay
- dream
- slow
- queen
- ai
- train
- tea
- oa
- sail
- ee
- pillow
- day
- tree
- leaf
- ee
- road
- wheel
- paint
- yellow
- ow
- coat
- crayon
- ow
- ee
- oa
- way
- leaf
- ee
- crow
- ea
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