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 “ay”, like “clay”? (a) green (b) soap (c) day
- 2.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ea
- 3.Which word has “ea”, like “peach”? (a) train (b) bean (c) grow
- 4.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee
- 5.Which word has “ow”, like “rainbow”? (a) stay (b) dream (c) snow
- 6.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ai
- 7.3️⃣ thr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ee
- 8.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) snow (b) nail (c) green
- 9.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ea
- 10.Which word has “ee”, like “green”? (a) boat (b) crayon (c) three
- 11.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) leaf (b) window (c) stay
- 12.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) clay (b) coat (c) queen
- 13.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) tree (b) train (c) bowl
- 14.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 15.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 16.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ay
- 17.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) oa
- 18.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 19.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ea
- 20.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee
- 21.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) sea (b) slow (c) play
- 22.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) crow (b) sea (c) say
- 23.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ai
- 24.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) snow (b) tree (c) chain
- 25.Which word has “ow”, like “crow”? (a) bowl (b) queen (c) crayon
- 26.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 27.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) soap (b) play (c) sea
- 28.Which word has “ow”, like “yellow”? (a) bean (b) crow (c) stay
- 29.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ea
- 30.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) goat (b) hay (c) eat
- 31.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) oa
- 32.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) say (b) toast (c) green
- 33.Which word has “ea”, like “sea”? (a) chain (b) toast (c) dream
- 34.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) wait (b) see (c) road
- 35.Which word has “ea”, like “sea”? (a) tea (b) toast (c) stay
- 36.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
- 37.Which word has “ea”, like “tea”? (a) soap (b) bean (c) stay
- 38.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) ow
- 39.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) road (b) sea (c) wait
- 40.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ay
Answer key
- day
- oa
- bean
- oa
- snow
- ee
- ee
- snow
- oa
- three
- window
- coat
- bowl
- ee
- ai
- ea
- ee
- ow
- ai
- ee
- play
- crow
- oa
- chain
- bowl
- ee
- play
- crow
- ay
- hay
- ee
- say
- dream
- wait
- tea
- ee
- bean
- ow
- sea
- ow
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