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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- 1.3️⃣ thr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ay
- 2.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) hay (b) goat (c) tree
- 3.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ea
- 4.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 5.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) dream (b) snail (c) bowl
- 6.Which word has “oa”, like “road”? (a) soap (b) tray (c) eat
- 7.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 8.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 9.Which word has “ee”, like “sweet”? (a) stay (b) road (c) tree
- 10.Which word has “ea”, like “beach”? (a) sea (b) blow (c) day
- 11.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ea
- 12.Which word has “ai”, like “tail”? (a) slow (b) jeep (c) wait
- 13.Which word has “ee”, like “sweet”? (a) boat (b) sail (c) seed
- 14.Which word has “ee”, like “sweet”? (a) wheel (b) way (c) boat
- 15.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) hay (b) soap (c) beach
- 16.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) seed (b) clay (c) snow
- 17.Which word has “ee”, like “cheese”? (a) goat (b) jeep (c) crayon
- 18.Which word has “ee”, like “feet”? (a) sheep (b) stay (c) soap
- 19.Which word has “ee”, like “queen”? (a) boat (b) seed (c) rain
- 20.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 21.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ai
- 22.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 23.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 24.Which word has “ee”, like “green”? (a) pillow (b) train (c) cheese
- 25.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) crayon (b) rainbow (c) eat
- 26.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 27.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ea
- 28.Which word has “ea”, like “eat”? (a) crow (b) dream (c) play
- 29.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) tray (b) boat (c) feet
- 30.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
- 31.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ai
- 32.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) jeep (b) goat (c) way
- 33.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) paint (b) three (c) coat
- 34.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ai
- 35.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) play (b) coat (c) queen
- 36.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) oa
- 37.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) coat (b) dream (c) play
- 38.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) oa
- 39.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ea
- 40.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) toast (b) sail (c) queen
Answer key
- ee
- hay
- ai
- ee
- snail
- soap
- ee
- oa
- tree
- sea
- ea
- wait
- seed
- wheel
- soap
- clay
- jeep
- sheep
- seed
- ai
- ai
- ee
- ee
- cheese
- eat
- ai
- ea
- dream
- boat
- ee
- ow
- way
- paint
- oa
- coat
- oa
- dream
- oa
- ea
- sail
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