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) oa (b) ay (c) ea
- 2.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) coat (b) green (c) nail
- 3.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) toast (b) day (c) sheep
- 4.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) sheep (b) goat (c) nail
- 5.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ai
- 6.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee
- 7.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ay
- 8.Which word has “ee”, like “see”? (a) goat (b) bee (c) day
- 9.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) ow
- 10.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ea
- 11.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) mail (b) queen (c) yellow
- 12.Which word has “ow”, like “pillow”? (a) play (b) window (c) seat
- 13.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) ow
- 14.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ay
- 15.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
- 16.3️⃣ thr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) ow
- 17.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ea
- 18.Which word has “ea”, like “eat”? (a) yellow (b) play (c) peach
- 19.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 20.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee
- 21.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ea
- 22.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) sea (b) tray (c) road
- 23.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ai
- 24.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ai
- 25.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ai
- 26.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) tail (b) boat (c) seed
- 27.Which word has “ow”, like “yellow”? (a) seat (b) window (c) day
- 28.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) peach (b) play (c) yellow
- 29.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) jeep (b) window (c) hay
- 30.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) window (b) queen (c) tail
- 31.Which word has “ay”, like “tray”? (a) cheese (b) road (c) play
- 32.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 33.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) goat (b) eat (c) clay
- 34.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) dream (b) way (c) slow
- 35.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ai
- 36.Which word has “ow”, like “rainbow”? (a) snail (b) snow (c) green
- 37.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) tray (b) three (c) soap
- 38.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) goat (b) jeep (c) paint
- 39.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) green (b) toast (c) clay
- 40.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) dream (b) sail (c) crow
Answer key
- ea
- nail
- day
- nail
- oa
- ee
- ea
- bee
- ow
- ai
- window
- ee
- ee
- ai
- ee
- ea
- peach
- oa
- oa
- ay
- tray
- ee
- ee
- ow
- tail
- window
- yellow
- window
- window
- play
- ee
- clay
- way
- ai
- snow
- tray
- paint
- toast
- sail
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