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.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
- 2.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 3.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) yellow (b) train (c) leaf
- 4.Which word has “ea”, like “seat”? (a) soap (b) leaf (c) play
- 5.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ai
- 6.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
- 7.Which word has “ai”, like “tail”? (a) leaf (b) road (c) sail
- 8.Which word has “ea”, like “seat”? (a) road (b) chain (c) eat
- 9.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 10.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) ow
- 11.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ai
- 12.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 13.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 14.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ai
- 15.Which word has “ee”, like “three”? (a) paint (b) road (c) green
- 16.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) mail (b) goat (c) sheep
- 17.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 18.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ee
- 19.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) snow (b) day (c) tea
- 20.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) jeep (b) paint (c) road
- 21.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ai
- 22.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
- 23.Which word has “ee”, like “seed”? (a) crow (b) tree (c) stay
- 24.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ee
- 25.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ay
- 26.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) train (b) queen (c) boat
- 27.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) clay (b) pillow (c) sweet
- 28.Which word has “ow”, like “grow”? (a) hay (b) bowl (c) green
- 29.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) oa
- 30.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) oa
- 31.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) rain (b) feet (c) bowl
- 32.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) day (b) sweet (c) blow
- 33.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) eat (b) paint (c) window
- 34.Which word has “ea”, like “peach”? (a) tail (b) eat (c) goat
- 35.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) toast (b) stay (c) leaf
- 36.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) bowl (b) mail (c) tree
- 37.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ay
- 38.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) wheel (b) window (c) say
- 39.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) play (b) wheel (c) road
- 40.Which word has “ee”, like “green”? (a) hay (b) snow (c) tree
Answer key
- ee
- ow
- yellow
- leaf
- ee
- ee
- sail
- eat
- ai
- ow
- ee
- ai
- ee
- ai
- green
- ee
- ow
- tea
- paint
- ea
- ee
- tree
- ay
- oa
- boat
- clay
- bowl
- oa
- oa
- bowl
- blow
- window
- eat
- stay
- ea
- window
- road
- tree
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