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 “ow”, like “yellow”? (a) day (b) sea (c) grow
- 2.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) ow
- 3.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) wheel (b) wait (c) goat
- 4.Which word has “ee”, like “wheel”? (a) snail (b) green (c) grow
- 5.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) queen (b) slow (c) snail
- 6.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) tray (b) goat (c) beach
- 7.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 8.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ea (c) oa
- 9.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) mail (b) sea (c) soap
- 10.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) ow
- 11.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) stay (b) sea (c) blow
- 12.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) goat (b) paint (c) see
- 13.Which word has “ee”, like “sweet”? (a) soap (b) three (c) rain
- 14.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) play (b) three (c) snow
- 15.Which word has “ow”, like “yellow”? (a) wheel (b) bowl (c) stay
- 16.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ai
- 17.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) road (b) nail (c) three
- 18.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 19.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) blow (b) beach (c) paint
- 20.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) sea (b) pillow (c) nail
- 21.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) bean (b) tail (c) grow
- 22.Which word has “ee”, like “sheep”? (a) way (b) goat (c) three
- 23.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) wait (b) coat (c) dream
- 24.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ee
- 25.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) oa
- 26.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 27.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 28.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) oa
- 29.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ai
- 30.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 31.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) say (b) boat (c) sheep
- 32.Which word has “ee”, like “tree”? (a) boat (b) cheese (c) wait
- 33.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ay
- 34.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) jeep (b) grow (c) chain
- 35.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) mail (b) dream (c) coat
- 36.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) goat (b) dream (c) hay
- 37.Which word has “ee”, like “sheep”? (a) bee (b) play (c) coat
- 38.Which word has “ee”, like “see”? (a) soap (b) tree (c) nail
- 39.Which word has “ee”, like “tree”? (a) see (b) chain (c) blow
- 40.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) goat (b) train (c) seat
Answer key
- grow
- ow
- wait
- green
- snail
- beach
- ai
- ea
- ee
- stay
- goat
- three
- snow
- bowl
- ai
- nail
- ee
- paint
- nail
- bean
- three
- dream
- ee
- oa
- ai
- ee
- oa
- ea
- ee
- say
- cheese
- ee
- grow
- coat
- goat
- bee
- tree
- see
- goat
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