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.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ai
- 2.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) hay (b) tea (c) pillow
- 3.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) ow
- 4.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee
- 5.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ay
- 6.Which word has “ow”, like “pillow”? (a) crayon (b) green (c) slow
- 7.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 8.3️⃣ thr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) ow
- 9.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) toast (b) hay (c) dream
- 10.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) stay (b) goat (c) sheep
- 11.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) clay (b) queen (c) soap
- 12.Which word has “ee”, like “bee”? (a) soap (b) wait (c) jeep
- 13.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) oa
- 14.Which word has “ea”, like “peach”? (a) crow (b) sail (c) bean
- 15.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) eat (b) boat (c) snail
- 16.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) goat (b) tail (c) leaf
- 17.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) goat (b) seat (c) mail
- 18.Which word has “ow”, like “yellow”? (a) seed (b) clay (c) slow
- 19.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ai
- 20.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) bean (b) slow (c) train
- 21.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) ow
- 22.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ay
- 23.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ea (c) ow
- 24.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) sail (b) feet (c) coat
- 25.Which word has “ay”, like “stay”? (a) road (b) jeep (c) tray
- 26.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) queen (b) rain (c) coat
- 27.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ea
- 28.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 29.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ay
- 30.Which word has “ee”, like “cheese”? (a) crayon (b) bee (c) coat
- 31.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 32.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) snow (b) nail (c) seed
- 33.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee
- 34.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) ow
- 35.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) train (b) wheel (c) goat
- 36.Which word has “ee”, like “wheel”? (a) sheep (b) paint (c) crow
- 37.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) queen (b) slow (c) sail
- 38.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) leaf (b) rainbow (c) chain
- 39.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) oa
- 40.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) oa
Answer key
- ai
- pillow
- ow
- ee
- ay
- slow
- oa
- ee
- toast
- stay
- soap
- jeep
- oa
- bean
- eat
- tail
- slow
- ea
- train
- ow
- oa
- ow
- sail
- tray
- rain
- ai
- ee
- oa
- bee
- ee
- nail
- ee
- ow
- train
- sheep
- sail
- leaf
- ai
- oa
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