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 “ai”, like “snail”? (a) eat (b) nail (c) coat
- 2.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) oa
- 3.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) clay (b) peach (c) bowl
- 4.Which word has “ay”, like “stay”? (a) soap (b) way (c) eat
- 5.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 6.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) hay (b) goat (c) sweet
- 7.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) toast (b) clay (c) see
- 8.Which word has “ow”, like “rainbow”? (a) see (b) crow (c) tray
- 9.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) window (b) sheep (c) sail
- 10.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) wait (b) soap (c) green
- 11.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) beach (b) blow (c) paint
- 12.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 13.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 14.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) oa
- 15.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) soap (b) say (c) jeep
- 16.Which word has “ea”, like “tea”? (a) train (b) toast (c) seat
- 17.Which word has “ea”, like “seat”? (a) crayon (b) toast (c) eat
- 18.Which word has “ee”, like “cheese”? (a) day (b) feet (c) rainbow
- 19.Which word has “ea”, like “peach”? (a) tea (b) snail (c) goat
- 20.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ay
- 21.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ea
- 22.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) ow
- 23.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) bowl (b) dream (c) paint
- 24.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
- 25.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) pillow (b) seat (c) paint
- 26.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) ow
- 27.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ay
- 28.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) hay (b) snow (c) three
- 29.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ay
- 30.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 31.Which word has “ee”, like “sweet”? (a) play (b) cheese (c) boat
- 32.Which word has “ee”, like “bee”? (a) snail (b) cheese (c) bowl
- 33.Which word has “ai”, like “tail”? (a) grow (b) eat (c) chain
- 34.3️⃣ thr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ay
- 35.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) boat (b) peach (c) hay
- 36.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ay
- 37.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) oa
- 38.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) bowl (b) bean (c) chain
- 39.Which word has “ow”, like “yellow”? (a) snail (b) bowl (c) wheel
- 40.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) bowl (b) queen (c) day
Answer key
- nail
- oa
- clay
- way
- ee
- goat
- clay
- crow
- sail
- soap
- paint
- ow
- ee
- ea
- say
- seat
- eat
- feet
- tea
- ee
- ea
- ai
- bowl
- ee
- paint
- ow
- oa
- hay
- ea
- ee
- cheese
- cheese
- chain
- ee
- boat
- ay
- oa
- chain
- bowl
- bowl
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