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).
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ea
- 2.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 3.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) ow
- 4.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) tea (b) goat (c) mail
- 5.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) leaf (b) rainbow (c) day
- 6.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 7.Which word has “ee”, like “wheel”? (a) hay (b) snow (c) tree
- 8.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) sea (b) crayon (c) window
- 9.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) rain (b) coat (c) sheep
- 10.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ai
- 11.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) beach (b) goat (c) clay
- 12.Which word has “ay”, like “tray”? (a) day (b) bean (c) blow
- 13.Which word has “ay”, like “tray”? (a) seed (b) play (c) grow
- 14.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) oa
- 15.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) grow (b) sweet (c) crayon
- 16.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) say (b) bowl (c) cheese
- 17.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) oa
- 18.Which word has “ea”, like “tea”? (a) crayon (b) boat (c) bean
- 19.Which word has “ee”, like “bee”? (a) rainbow (b) say (c) sheep
- 20.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ee
- 21.Which word has “ee”, like “wheel”? (a) blow (b) nail (c) feet
- 22.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) boat (b) tail (c) bean
- 23.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) ow
- 24.Which word has “ee”, like “green”? (a) seed (b) train (c) coat
- 25.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 26.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) chain (b) wheel (c) boat
- 27.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) grow (b) tail (c) dream
- 28.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ea
- 29.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) peach (b) paint (c) road
- 30.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 31.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee
- 32.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) oa
- 33.Which word has “ee”, like “sheep”? (a) snow (b) cheese (c) snail
- 34.Which word has “ee”, like “bee”? (a) wait (b) sweet (c) coat
- 35.Which word has “ai”, like “tail”? (a) goat (b) bean (c) mail
- 36.Which word has “ee”, like “see”? (a) boat (b) tail (c) cheese
- 37.Which word has “ea”, like “beach”? (a) sail (b) bean (c) pillow
- 38.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ea
- 39.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ay
- 40.Which word has “oa”, like “road”? (a) queen (b) chain (c) boat
Answer key
- ow
- ai
- ee
- day
- ee
- tree
- crayon
- rain
- oa
- clay
- day
- play
- oa
- crayon
- say
- ee
- bean
- sheep
- ee
- feet
- tail
- ow
- seed
- ee
- chain
- grow
- ai
- road
- ee
- ee
- oa
- cheese
- sweet
- cheese
- bean
- ea
- ow
- boat
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