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.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) crayon (b) feet (c) crow
- 2.Which word has “ay”, like “tray”? (a) bee (b) snow (c) way
- 3.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) queen (b) tray (c) soap
- 4.Which word has “ow”, like “pillow”? (a) tail (b) blow (c) sea
- 5.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) seed (b) toast (c) tail
- 6.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) rain (b) slow (c) bee
- 7.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ea
- 8.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 9.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) train (b) grow (c) wheel
- 10.Which word has “ee”, like “tree”? (a) blow (b) mail (c) feet
- 11.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 12.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 13.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 14.Which word has “ea”, like “tea”? (a) tail (b) sea (c) bowl
- 15.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ai
- 16.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) eat (b) coat (c) tray
- 17.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 18.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ai
- 19.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) ow
- 20.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) way (b) peach (c) boat
- 21.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) day (b) blow (c) eat
- 22.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) boat (b) train (c) tree
- 23.Which word has “ai”, like “tail”? (a) queen (b) boat (c) chain
- 24.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) window (b) tray (c) eat
- 25.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) ow
- 26.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ee
- 27.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) nail (b) road (c) wheel
- 28.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) oa
- 29.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 30.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) ow
- 31.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ai
- 32.Which word has “ai”, like “tail”? (a) wait (b) tea (c) coat
- 33.Which word has “oa”, like “road”? (a) coat (b) chain (c) eat
- 34.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ai
- 35.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) peach (b) mail (c) boat
- 36.Which word has “ow”, like “pillow”? (a) say (b) bee (c) slow
- 37.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 38.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) slow (b) nail (c) tea
- 39.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) tree (b) window (c) sail
- 40.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) snow (b) queen (c) sail
Answer key
- crow
- way
- soap
- blow
- tail
- rain
- ai
- ee
- grow
- feet
- ow
- oa
- ee
- sea
- ea
- coat
- oa
- ai
- ow
- peach
- eat
- train
- chain
- tray
- ai
- ee
- road
- ay
- ai
- ea
- ee
- wait
- coat
- ai
- boat
- slow
- ee
- nail
- sail
- sail
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