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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- 1.3️⃣ thr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 2.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 3.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) seed (b) snow (c) wait
- 4.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) tail (b) road (c) sweet
- 5.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) bean (b) play (c) rainbow
- 6.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) way (b) tree (c) soap
- 7.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) tea (b) tray (c) road
- 8.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ay
- 9.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ai
- 10.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 11.Which word has “ea”, like “seat”? (a) blow (b) eat (c) stay
- 12.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ea
- 13.Which word has “ay”, like “stay”? (a) goat (b) play (c) wheel
- 14.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ay
- 15.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) seat (b) wait (c) yellow
- 16.Which word has “ee”, like “feet”? (a) pillow (b) wait (c) bee
- 17.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) play (b) cheese (c) bowl
- 18.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
- 19.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 20.Which word has “oa”, like “road”? (a) three (b) hay (c) goat
- 21.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 22.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) wheel (b) paint (c) crow
- 23.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ay
- 24.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 25.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) ow
- 26.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) clay (b) beach (c) toast
- 27.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ai
- 28.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 29.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) sea (b) yellow (c) paint
- 30.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 31.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ai
- 32.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) leaf (b) chain (c) toast
- 33.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) jeep (b) sail (c) window
- 34.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) jeep (b) window (c) tail
- 35.Which word has “ea”, like “beach”? (a) peach (b) soap (c) mail
- 36.Which word has “ee”, like “sweet”? (a) goat (b) chain (c) tree
- 37.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) crow (b) train (c) bean
- 38.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) queen (b) snail (c) goat
- 39.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ai
- 40.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) oa
Answer key
- ee
- ee
- wait
- tail
- rainbow
- way
- road
- ea
- ow
- ee
- eat
- ea
- play
- ow
- yellow
- bee
- bowl
- ai
- ee
- goat
- ee
- paint
- ee
- ow
- ai
- clay
- oa
- ai
- paint
- oa
- ea
- chain
- sail
- tail
- peach
- tree
- train
- snail
- ai
- ea
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