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