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) leaf (b) blow (c) train
- 2.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) snow (b) snail (c) bee
- 3.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) clay (b) blow (c) three
- 4.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) slow (b) rain (c) bean
- 5.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 6.Which word has “ea”, like “eat”? (a) pillow (b) tea (c) sail
- 7.Which word has “ee”, like “see”? (a) tail (b) goat (c) three
- 8.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) stay (b) cheese (c) boat
- 9.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) queen (b) grow (c) clay
- 10.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ea
- 11.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) play (b) queen (c) coat
- 12.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) road (b) green (c) play
- 13.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ai
- 14.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) tea (b) yellow (c) tray
- 15.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) peach (b) soap (c) train
- 16.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ay
- 17.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 18.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ea
- 19.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 20.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) oa
- 21.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ea
- 22.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) leaf (b) blow (c) crayon
- 23.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 24.Which word has “ea”, like “beach”? (a) sail (b) tea (c) pillow
- 25.Which word has “ee”, like “jeep”? (a) boat (b) wheel (c) rain
- 26.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) oa
- 27.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 28.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 29.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) mail (b) crow (c) jeep
- 30.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) toast (b) play (c) seed
- 31.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ai
- 32.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ay
- 33.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) road (b) chain (c) beach
- 34.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) ow
- 35.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) sail (b) peach (c) snow
- 36.Which word has “ee”, like “cheese”? (a) goat (b) play (c) jeep
- 37.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) soap (b) dream (c) chain
- 38.Which word has “ee”, like “sweet”? (a) wait (b) snow (c) wheel
- 39.Which word has “ee”, like “cheese”? (a) soap (b) way (c) queen
- 40.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) oa
Answer key
- blow
- snail
- clay
- rain
- ee
- tea
- three
- stay
- clay
- ay
- play
- road
- ow
- tray
- train
- oa
- ai
- ow
- ee
- ea
- ea
- crayon
- ee
- tea
- wheel
- ee
- ee
- ow
- toast
- ee
- oa
- chain
- ow
- snow
- jeep
- chain
- wheel
- queen
- ai
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