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 “rainbow”? (a) nail (b) eat (c) slow
- 2.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
- 3.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ea
- 4.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) day (b) tea (c) boat
- 5.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) toast (b) feet (c) clay
- 6.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
- 7.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) beach (b) wait (c) window
- 8.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) bowl (b) hay (c) sea
- 9.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 10.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ai
- 11.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 12.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
- 13.Which word has “ee”, like “queen”? (a) slow (b) tray (c) bee
- 14.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ea
- 15.Which word has “oa”, like “road”? (a) crayon (b) goat (c) dream
- 16.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 17.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 18.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) rain (b) toast (c) jeep
- 19.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) way (b) coat (c) queen
- 20.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ay
- 21.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ay
- 22.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) mail (b) bowl (c) tea
- 23.Which word has “ay”, like “way”? (a) say (b) boat (c) tea
- 24.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) blow (b) bee (c) hay
- 25.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 26.Which word has “ea”, like “beach”? (a) dream (b) blow (c) tail
- 27.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) slow (b) seed (c) paint
- 28.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ay
- 29.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ea
- 30.Which word has “ee”, like “sweet”? (a) snail (b) see (c) rainbow
- 31.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) tree (b) rain (c) coat
- 32.Which word has “ow”, like “rainbow”? (a) peach (b) train (c) bowl
- 33.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 34.Which word has “oa”, like “road”? (a) sea (b) snail (c) soap
- 35.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ea
- 36.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ay
- 37.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) tree (b) soap (c) tray
- 38.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ay
- 39.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 40.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) sail (b) seed (c) boat
Answer key
- slow
- ow
- ea
- boat
- clay
- ee
- wait
- hay
- ee
- ai
- ee
- ee
- bee
- ai
- goat
- ee
- ai
- rain
- way
- ee
- ee
- say
- hay
- ee
- dream
- slow
- oa
- ow
- see
- coat
- bowl
- ai
- soap
- oa
- oa
- tray
- ee
- oa
- sail
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