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.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ea
- 2.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) hay (b) sea (c) coat
- 3.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) seat (b) clay (c) yellow
- 4.Which word has “ow”, like “grow”? (a) sail (b) wheel (c) bowl
- 5.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ai
- 6.3️⃣ thr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
- 7.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) ow
- 8.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 9.Which word has “ow”, like “crow”? (a) tree (b) crayon (c) window
- 10.Which word has “ow”, like “grow”? (a) window (b) way (c) feet
- 11.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 12.Which word has “ea”, like “tea”? (a) nail (b) seat (c) grow
- 13.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) beach (b) goat (c) mail
- 14.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ai
- 15.Which word has “ow”, like “pillow”? (a) slow (b) nail (c) beach
- 16.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee
- 17.Which word has “ea”, like “eat”? (a) blow (b) peach (c) play
- 18.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 19.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) boat (b) mail (c) eat
- 20.Which word has “ee”, like “sweet”? (a) sail (b) goat (c) see
- 21.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) dream (b) day (c) coat
- 22.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ea
- 23.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee
- 24.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) rainbow (b) tree (c) tray
- 25.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) stay (b) eat (c) toast
- 26.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ai
- 27.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) ow
- 28.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) jeep (b) toast (c) hay
- 29.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ay
- 30.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) bee (b) chain (c) soap
- 31.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) sail (b) yellow (c) see
- 32.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ee
- 33.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) hay (b) bean (c) snow
- 34.Which word has “ee”, like “cheese”? (a) mail (b) three (c) toast
- 35.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ee
- 36.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ea
- 37.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ai
- 38.Which word has “ay”, like “tray”? (a) play (b) bowl (c) seat
- 39.Which word has “ow”, like “yellow”? (a) train (b) three (c) snow
- 40.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) sheep (b) toast (c) clay
Answer key
- ea
- hay
- clay
- bowl
- oa
- ee
- ea
- ai
- window
- window
- ow
- seat
- ee
- slow
- ee
- peach
- ee
- eat
- see
- day
- ea
- oa
- tray
- toast
- oa
- ow
- hay
- ea
- soap
- yellow
- ee
- snow
- three
- ee
- ow
- ai
- play
- snow
- clay
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