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.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
- 2.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) feet (b) day (c) snow
- 3.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) sheep (b) slow (c) sail
- 4.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) cheese (b) tray (c) soap
- 5.Which word has “ea”, like “peach”? (a) tray (b) tea (c) boat
- 6.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 7.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) bowl (b) wait (c) see
- 8.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ay
- 9.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) oa
- 10.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
- 11.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) goat (b) paint (c) queen
- 12.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 13.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
- 14.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) oa
- 15.Which word has “ea”, like “sea”? (a) soap (b) wait (c) leaf
- 16.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ay
- 17.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ai
- 18.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 19.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ee
- 20.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ea
- 21.Which word has “ay”, like “stay”? (a) seed (b) road (c) way
- 22.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) hay (b) bowl (c) three
- 23.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) snow (b) mail (c) queen
- 24.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) mail (b) see (c) rainbow
- 25.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) wheel (b) toast (c) sail
- 26.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) toast (b) play (c) tea
- 27.Which word has “ee”, like “seed”? (a) coat (b) feet (c) wait
- 28.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) yellow (b) dream (c) sail
- 29.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 30.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
- 31.Which word has “ee”, like “wheel”? (a) feet (b) goat (c) train
- 32.Which word has “ea”, like “sea”? (a) boat (b) tray (c) eat
- 33.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 34.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) road (b) hay (c) sheep
- 35.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 36.Which word has “ee”, like “tree”? (a) slow (b) mail (c) wheel
- 37.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) sheep (b) play (c) slow
- 38.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ee
- 39.Which word has “ee”, like “green”? (a) toast (b) stay (c) queen
- 40.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) pillow (b) seed (c) nail
Answer key
- ee
- day
- sail
- tray
- tea
- ee
- wait
- oa
- oa
- ee
- paint
- ee
- ai
- ea
- leaf
- ow
- ai
- ee
- ee
- oa
- way
- hay
- snow
- rainbow
- toast
- play
- feet
- yellow
- ai
- ee
- feet
- eat
- ai
- hay
- ee
- wheel
- slow
- ee
- queen
- nail
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