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