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) ee (b) ay (c) oa
- 2.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 3.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) oa
- 4.3️⃣ thr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ai
- 5.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) paint (b) goat (c) dream
- 6.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) stay (b) tree (c) road
- 7.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) dream (b) play (c) snow
- 8.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ay
- 9.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) ow
- 10.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) ow
- 11.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) day (b) goat (c) see
- 12.Which word has “ay”, like “stay”? (a) bee (b) yellow (c) play
- 13.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) sail (b) peach (c) window
- 14.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) nail (b) road (c) seed
- 15.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 16.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 17.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) tea (b) blow (c) tail
- 18.Which word has “ow”, like “grow”? (a) snail (b) blow (c) seed
- 19.Which word has “ow”, like “crow”? (a) eat (b) rainbow (c) paint
- 20.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 21.Which word has “ow”, like “pillow”? (a) peach (b) wait (c) crow
- 22.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) peach (b) mail (c) goat
- 23.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) seat (b) crow (c) mail
- 24.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) oa
- 25.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) bean (b) play (c) coat
- 26.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) ow
- 27.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) stay (b) seat (c) rainbow
- 28.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) rain (b) blow (c) seed
- 29.Which word has “ow”, like “yellow”? (a) beach (b) snail (c) window
- 30.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) boat (b) sheep (c) mail
- 31.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) ow
- 32.Which word has “ay”, like “way”? (a) sheep (b) road (c) crayon
- 33.Which word has “ow”, like “rainbow”? (a) slow (b) chain (c) leaf
- 34.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ea (c) oa
- 35.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 36.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ay
- 37.Which word has “ee”, like “jeep”? (a) tail (b) wheel (c) coat
- 38.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 39.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) tree (b) clay (c) snow
- 40.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ea
Answer key
- ay
- oa
- oa
- ee
- goat
- stay
- play
- ee
- ow
- ai
- day
- play
- window
- road
- ai
- ai
- blow
- blow
- rainbow
- ee
- crow
- goat
- ee
- play
- ow
- rainbow
- blow
- window
- boat
- ea
- crayon
- slow
- oa
- oa
- ee
- wheel
- ee
- clay
- ai
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