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