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