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Phonics lesson 20: Vowel teams · Set 145 · 40 questions
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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. 1.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ay
  2. 2.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ea
  3. 3.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
  4. 4.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) sweet (b) bowl (c) way
  5. 5.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ay
  6. 6.Which word has “ea”, like “beach”? (a) blow (b) eat (c) nail
  7. 7.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
  8. 8.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) mail (b) wheel (c) window
  9. 9.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ai
  10. 10.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) wheel (b) coat (c) snail
  11. 11.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ay
  12. 12.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
  13. 13.Which word has “ee”, like “three”? (a) goat (b) seed (c) train
  14. 14.Which word has “ee”, like “seed”? (a) tray (b) pillow (c) sheep
  15. 15.3️⃣ thr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
  16. 16.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) chain (b) cheese (c) toast
  17. 17.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ai
  18. 18.Which word has “ow”, like “crow”? (a) play (b) window (c) wheel
  19. 19.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
  20. 20.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) tree (b) goat (c) mail
  21. 21.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) slow (b) wait (c) sea
  22. 22.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) crayon (b) window (c) cheese
  23. 23.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) oa
  24. 24.Which word has “ee”, like “three”? (a) jeep (b) train (c) pillow
  25. 25.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee
  26. 26.Which word has “ay”, like “way”? (a) tray (b) rainbow (c) eat
  27. 27.Which word has “ow”, like “rainbow”? (a) wait (b) seed (c) bowl
  28. 28.Which word has “ay”, like “stay”? (a) bee (b) coat (c) day
  29. 29.Which word has “ee”, like “see”? (a) pillow (b) play (c) sweet
  30. 30.Which word has “ee”, like “jeep”? (a) nail (b) three (c) toast
  31. 31.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ai
  32. 32.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ay
  33. 33.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
  34. 34.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
  35. 35.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) ow
  36. 36.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) sea (b) clay (c) snow
  37. 37.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) seat (b) say (c) pillow
  38. 38.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) three (b) mail (c) goat
  39. 39.Which word has “ay”, like “tray”? (a) queen (b) clay (c) coat
  40. 40.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) bean (b) blow (c) tail

Answer key

  1. ee
  2. ea
  3. ai
  4. way
  5. ea
  6. eat
  7. ai
  8. mail
  9. ee
  10. snail
  11. ay
  12. ee
  13. seed
  14. sheep
  15. ee
  16. toast
  17. ai
  18. window
  19. oa
  20. goat
  21. sea
  22. window
  23. oa
  24. jeep
  25. ee
  26. tray
  27. bowl
  28. day
  29. sweet
  30. three
  31. ow
  32. ee
  33. ai
  34. oa
  35. ow
  36. snow
  37. say
  38. mail
  39. clay
  40. tail

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