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.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) ow
- 2.Which word has “ay”, like “stay”? (a) say (b) see (c) snow
- 3.Which word has “ea”, like “sea”? (a) stay (b) pillow (c) leaf
- 4.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) oa
- 5.Which word has “ow”, like “pillow”? (a) wheel (b) clay (c) grow
- 6.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) day (b) sweet (c) pillow
- 7.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ay
- 8.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) clay (b) feet (c) crow
- 9.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ea
- 10.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) snail (b) green (c) toast
- 11.Which word has “ai”, like “tail”? (a) nail (b) coat (c) tree
- 12.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) beach (b) toast (c) hay
- 13.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ay
- 14.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) crayon (b) blow (c) beach
- 15.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) boat (b) bee (c) chain
- 16.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) oa
- 17.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) pillow (b) tail (c) tea
- 18.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 19.Which word has “ow”, like “rainbow”? (a) sea (b) window (c) tray
- 20.Which word has “ee”, like “jeep”? (a) say (b) toast (c) wheel
- 21.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) bee (b) say (c) coat
- 22.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) tea (b) pillow (c) way
- 23.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ay
- 24.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
- 25.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) oa
- 26.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) green (b) crayon (c) pillow
- 27.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) wait (b) toast (c) sheep
- 28.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) toast (b) beach (c) tray
- 29.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) feet (b) mail (c) window
- 30.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) sail (b) pillow (c) feet
- 31.Which word has “ea”, like “beach”? (a) train (b) toast (c) leaf
- 32.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) oa
- 33.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ea
- 34.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) rain (b) slow (c) cheese
- 35.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) seed (b) train (c) yellow
- 36.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) beach (b) day (c) coat
- 37.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) way (b) coat (c) seat
- 38.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
- 39.Which word has “ee”, like “bee”? (a) sheep (b) blow (c) rain
- 40.Which word has “ea”, like “beach”? (a) mail (b) sea (c) soap
Answer key
- ay
- say
- leaf
- oa
- grow
- pillow
- ow
- clay
- ea
- toast
- nail
- hay
- ea
- crayon
- boat
- oa
- tea
- ee
- window
- wheel
- say
- tea
- ee
- ai
- ai
- crayon
- toast
- toast
- window
- sail
- leaf
- oa
- ea
- slow
- train
- beach
- way
- ee
- sheep
- sea
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