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.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 2.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 3.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
- 4.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) crow (b) crayon (c) tea
- 5.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) tray (b) three (c) crow
- 6.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) leaf (b) bowl (c) rain
- 7.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) play (b) road (c) green
- 8.Which word has “ay”, like “tray”? (a) dream (b) window (c) crayon
- 9.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) mail (b) bowl (c) sweet
- 10.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) road (b) see (c) rain
- 11.Which word has “ow”, like “rainbow”? (a) grow (b) sheep (c) hay
- 12.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 13.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ai
- 14.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) tree (b) road (c) paint
- 15.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) tree (b) wait (c) goat
- 16.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ea
- 17.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 18.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) window (b) queen (c) nail
- 19.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) oa
- 20.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ai
- 21.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ea
- 22.Which word has “ea”, like “seat”? (a) soap (b) eat (c) nail
- 23.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) bee (b) rain (c) yellow
- 24.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 25.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ai
- 26.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ay
- 27.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) sweet (b) train (c) soap
- 28.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ay
- 29.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 30.Which word has “ee”, like “bee”? (a) day (b) green (c) toast
- 31.Which word has “ee”, like “seed”? (a) sheep (b) wait (c) toast
- 32.Which word has “ee”, like “green”? (a) day (b) feet (c) road
- 33.Which word has “ea”, like “seat”? (a) crayon (b) road (c) tea
- 34.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) ow
- 35.Which word has “ai”, like “tail”? (a) goat (b) nail (c) bean
- 36.Which word has “ee”, like “sweet”? (a) wheel (b) nail (c) window
- 37.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) tea (b) crow (c) crayon
- 38.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) ow
- 39.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ai
- 40.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) queen (b) slow (c) snail
Answer key
- ee
- ee
- ai
- tea
- crow
- bowl
- road
- crayon
- rain
- grow
- ee
- ea
- paint
- wait
- ow
- oa
- window
- ai
- ee
- ow
- eat
- rain
- ee
- ea
- ea
- soap
- ea
- ai
- green
- sheep
- feet
- tea
- ow
- nail
- wheel
- tea
- ee
- ai
- snail
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