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 “ea”, like “beach”? (a) tray (b) leaf (c) coat
- 2.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) sheep (b) boat (c) tail
- 3.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) day (b) feet (c) window
- 4.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ay
- 5.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) ow
- 6.Which word has “ea”, like “seat”? (a) boat (b) leaf (c) snail
- 7.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) boat (b) beach (c) wait
- 8.Which word has “oa”, like “road”? (a) bean (b) soap (c) stay
- 9.Which word has “ea”, like “seat”? (a) pillow (b) crayon (c) eat
- 10.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ea
- 11.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) day (b) feet (c) blow
- 12.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 13.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) crayon (b) seat (c) rainbow
- 14.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 15.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 16.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) play (b) bean (c) crow
- 17.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 18.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) day (b) grow (c) sweet
- 19.Which word has “ee”, like “three”? (a) mail (b) cheese (c) slow
- 20.Which word has “ee”, like “wheel”? (a) sweet (b) stay (c) road
- 21.Which word has “ee”, like “seed”? (a) slow (b) wheel (c) clay
- 22.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) paint (b) grow (c) jeep
- 23.Which word has “ow”, like “pillow”? (a) paint (b) wheel (c) blow
- 24.Which word has “ee”, like “bee”? (a) hay (b) pillow (c) see
- 25.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 26.Which word has “ee”, like “tree”? (a) bowl (b) day (c) seed
- 27.Which word has “ee”, like “jeep”? (a) toast (b) chain (c) seed
- 28.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) tea (b) crayon (c) road
- 29.Which word has “ee”, like “tree”? (a) cheese (b) bowl (c) clay
- 30.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 31.Which word has “ee”, like “bee”? (a) grow (b) tree (c) say
- 32.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) seat (b) yellow (c) train
- 33.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) sweet (b) say (c) coat
- 34.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) peach (b) boat (c) snail
- 35.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) oa
- 36.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 37.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) coat (b) sheep (c) clay
- 38.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 39.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) cheese (b) day (c) boat
- 40.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ea
Answer key
- leaf
- tail
- window
- ee
- ow
- leaf
- wait
- soap
- eat
- ea
- blow
- ee
- crayon
- oa
- ee
- bean
- ee
- day
- cheese
- sweet
- wheel
- paint
- blow
- see
- ee
- seed
- seed
- tea
- cheese
- ow
- tree
- yellow
- coat
- snail
- ea
- ee
- clay
- ee
- boat
- ea
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