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 “ee”, like “green”? (a) cheese (b) soap (c) crayon
- 2.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) goat (b) play (c) tree
- 3.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) jeep (b) snow (c) train
- 4.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) mail (b) sheep (c) yellow
- 5.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 6.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ai
- 7.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) peach (b) snail (c) coat
- 8.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) train (b) seed (c) blow
- 9.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) ow
- 10.Which word has “ai”, like “tail”? (a) road (b) seat (c) mail
- 11.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) green (b) road (c) paint
- 12.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ay
- 13.Which word has “ee”, like “seed”? (a) soap (b) clay (c) feet
- 14.Which word has “ee”, like “jeep”? (a) boat (b) wheel (c) train
- 15.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) soap (b) hay (c) seat
- 16.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) wheel (b) play (c) toast
- 17.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) sail (b) boat (c) beach
- 18.Which word has “ay”, like “stay”? (a) crayon (b) beach (c) grow
- 19.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) queen (b) road (c) wait
- 20.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ai
- 21.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ea
- 22.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) pillow (b) dream (c) crayon
- 23.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 24.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) boat (b) jeep (c) rain
- 25.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) cheese (b) road (c) clay
- 26.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) tree (b) wait (c) yellow
- 27.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ai
- 28.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ay
- 29.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) oa
- 30.Which word has “ea”, like “seat”? (a) dream (b) mail (c) soap
- 31.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) snow (b) mail (c) sea
- 32.Which word has “ai”, like “tail”? (a) sail (b) dream (c) snow
- 33.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 34.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) snail (b) eat (c) grow
- 35.3️⃣ thr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 36.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) road (b) nail (c) peach
- 37.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) hay (b) jeep (c) bowl
- 38.Which word has “ee”, like “sweet”? (a) rainbow (b) green (c) snail
- 39.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
- 40.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ea
Answer key
- cheese
- play
- train
- ee
- oa
- coat
- blow
- ow
- paint
- ea
- feet
- wheel
- soap
- play
- boat
- crayon
- wait
- ai
- ea
- crayon
- ee
- rain
- clay
- wait
- oa
- ee
- ee
- dream
- snow
- sail
- ai
- snail
- ee
- nail
- bowl
- green
- ee
- ai
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