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) seat (b) toast (c) play
- 2.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) toast (b) dream (c) rain
- 3.Which word has “ow”, like “rainbow”? (a) snow (b) tail (c) peach
- 4.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) mail (b) toast (c) seat
- 5.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) road (b) chain (c) jeep
- 6.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) leaf (b) paint (c) slow
- 7.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ay
- 8.Which word has “oa”, like “road”? (a) sail (b) boat (c) bean
- 9.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 10.Which word has “ea”, like “eat”? (a) soap (b) beach (c) hay
- 11.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) ow
- 12.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) day (b) coat (c) feet
- 13.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) ow
- 14.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) ow
- 15.Which word has “ow”, like “rainbow”? (a) train (b) dream (c) window
- 16.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) grow (b) train (c) wheel
- 17.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) tea (b) blow (c) tail
- 18.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) seed (b) soap (c) tray
- 19.Which word has “ai”, like “tail”? (a) paint (b) snow (c) leaf
- 20.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) tail (b) sea (c) yellow
- 21.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) play (b) peach (c) road
- 22.3️⃣ thr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 23.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) say (b) bee (c) bowl
- 24.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 25.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ay
- 26.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) ow
- 27.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 28.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) sheep (b) grow (c) rain
- 29.Which word has “ea”, like “eat”? (a) soap (b) mail (c) seat
- 30.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
- 31.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) boat (b) snail (c) jeep
- 32.Which word has “ea”, like “tea”? (a) eat (b) nail (c) boat
- 33.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) road (b) sea (c) clay
- 34.Which word has “ee”, like “wheel”? (a) road (b) queen (c) paint
- 35.Which word has “ee”, like “cheese”? (a) say (b) bee (c) snow
- 36.Which word has “ee”, like “sheep”? (a) play (b) coat (c) jeep
- 37.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) paint (b) bowl (c) green
- 38.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ea
- 39.Which word has “ee”, like “sweet”? (a) green (b) soap (c) train
- 40.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
Answer key
- play
- toast
- snow
- seat
- chain
- paint
- ea
- boat
- ee
- beach
- ai
- coat
- ay
- ow
- window
- grow
- tail
- tray
- paint
- yellow
- road
- ee
- bowl
- ee
- oa
- ai
- ee
- rain
- seat
- ai
- snail
- eat
- clay
- queen
- bee
- jeep
- paint
- ea
- green
- ee
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