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 “wait”? (a) toast (b) tail (c) leaf
- 2.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) sea (b) goat (c) play
- 3.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) window (b) train (c) eat
- 4.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) crow (b) tree (c) mail
- 5.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) oa
- 6.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ai
- 7.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ea
- 8.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) toast (b) seat (c) rain
- 9.Which word has “ea”, like “eat”? (a) paint (b) rainbow (c) seat
- 10.Which word has “ai”, like “tail”? (a) crow (b) wait (c) seat
- 11.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ai
- 12.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 13.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) tea (b) clay (c) crow
- 14.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) ow
- 15.Which word has “ea”, like “eat”? (a) tea (b) soap (c) train
- 16.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) oa
- 17.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
- 18.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) mail (b) grow (c) peach
- 19.Which word has “ea”, like “tea”? (a) toast (b) mail (c) eat
- 20.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ea
- 21.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) oa
- 22.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) feet (b) crow (c) tray
- 23.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) toast (b) beach (c) say
- 24.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ai
- 25.Which word has “ow”, like “pillow”? (a) sea (b) grow (c) say
- 26.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 27.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ai
- 28.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 29.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
- 30.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) slow (b) jeep (c) snail
- 31.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) boat (b) bean (c) mail
- 32.Which word has “ea”, like “eat”? (a) say (b) road (c) sea
- 33.Which word has “ow”, like “yellow”? (a) snow (b) sail (c) sweet
- 34.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) leaf (b) pillow (c) way
- 35.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ea
- 36.Which word has “ow”, like “rainbow”? (a) pillow (b) tree (c) tail
- 37.Which word has “ay”, like “tray”? (a) clay (b) queen (c) soap
- 38.Which word has “oa”, like “road”? (a) mail (b) soap (c) peach
- 39.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) bowl (b) tree (c) train
- 40.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) mail (b) sheep (c) slow
Answer key
- tail
- play
- train
- ee
- ai
- oa
- seat
- seat
- wait
- ee
- ai
- clay
- ai
- tea
- ee
- ee
- eat
- ea
- ea
- tray
- say
- oa
- grow
- ee
- ai
- ee
- ow
- slow
- boat
- sea
- snow
- way
- ow
- pillow
- clay
- soap
- bowl
- slow
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