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.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ea (c) ow
- 2.3️⃣ thr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
- 3.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
- 4.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ee
- 5.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 6.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) window (b) clay (c) leaf
- 7.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) rain (b) dream (c) road
- 8.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) beach (b) goat (c) paint
- 9.Which word has “ea”, like “eat”? (a) dream (b) window (c) paint
- 10.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) yellow (b) stay (c) bee
- 11.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ai
- 12.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) seat (b) yellow (c) wait
- 13.Which word has “ai”, like “tail”? (a) snail (b) snow (c) eat
- 14.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ai
- 15.Which word has “ee”, like “sheep”? (a) crayon (b) see (c) soap
- 16.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) oa
- 17.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 18.Which word has “ai”, like “tail”? (a) yellow (b) bee (c) nail
- 19.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) clay (b) coat (c) beach
- 20.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) pillow (b) say (c) sheep
- 21.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) hay (b) bowl (c) dream
- 22.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
- 23.Which word has “ow”, like “rainbow”? (a) nail (b) seat (c) grow
- 24.Which word has “ow”, like “yellow”? (a) wheel (b) hay (c) pillow
- 25.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) oa
- 26.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) ow
- 27.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) coat (b) bean (c) wait
- 28.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ay
- 29.Which word has “ee”, like “green”? (a) crow (b) sail (c) bee
- 30.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) oa
- 31.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ay
- 32.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) way (b) three (c) coat
- 33.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 34.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) crayon (b) window (c) beach
- 35.Which word has “ee”, like “bee”? (a) bowl (b) see (c) crayon
- 36.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) see (b) coat (c) play
- 37.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ay
- 38.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) beach (b) mail (c) road
- 39.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 40.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) leaf (b) grow (c) stay
Answer key
- ay
- ee
- ai
- ee
- ee
- clay
- rain
- paint
- dream
- yellow
- ee
- wait
- snail
- ai
- see
- oa
- oa
- nail
- coat
- say
- hay
- ai
- grow
- pillow
- ea
- ee
- coat
- ow
- bee
- oa
- ow
- way
- ai
- window
- see
- play
- oa
- road
- ee
- grow
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