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 “mail”? (a) pillow (b) nail (c) dream
- 2.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) goat (b) see (c) train
- 3.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) goat (b) paint (c) tea
- 4.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ea (c) ow
- 5.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) wait (b) toast (c) sea
- 6.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) oa
- 7.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) queen (b) coat (c) rain
- 8.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ay
- 9.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 10.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) boat (b) day (c) seed
- 11.Which word has “ee”, like “three”? (a) say (b) seed (c) coat
- 12.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) nail (b) yellow (c) see
- 13.Which word has “ea”, like “eat”? (a) play (b) sea (c) window
- 14.Which word has “ow”, like “crow”? (a) rainbow (b) say (c) jeep
- 15.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 16.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 17.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 18.Which word has “ee”, like “sheep”? (a) boat (b) wheel (c) hay
- 19.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) beach (b) toast (c) paint
- 20.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ea
- 21.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ai
- 22.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) see (b) bowl (c) snail
- 23.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ea
- 24.Which word has “ee”, like “bee”? (a) see (b) blow (c) sail
- 25.Which word has “ow”, like “pillow”? (a) grow (b) stay (c) bee
- 26.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) goat (b) dream (c) way
- 27.Which word has “ea”, like “seat”? (a) play (b) goat (c) tea
- 28.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) rain (b) toast (c) jeep
- 29.Which word has “ow”, like “rainbow”? (a) tree (b) say (c) snow
- 30.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
- 31.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) leaf (b) road (c) clay
- 32.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) see (b) yellow (c) rain
- 33.Which word has “ai”, like “tail”? (a) bowl (b) see (c) nail
- 34.Which word has “ee”, like “see”? (a) sheep (b) snow (c) mail
- 35.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ea
- 36.Which word has “ee”, like “green”? (a) queen (b) window (c) hay
- 37.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 38.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) day (b) jeep (c) window
- 39.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) wait (b) tree (c) window
- 40.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) wait (b) bowl (c) queen
Answer key
- nail
- goat
- paint
- ow
- sea
- ee
- coat
- ea
- ee
- boat
- seed
- nail
- sea
- rainbow
- oa
- oa
- ee
- wheel
- paint
- ea
- ai
- bowl
- ai
- see
- grow
- goat
- tea
- toast
- snow
- ow
- road
- rain
- nail
- sheep
- oa
- queen
- ai
- window
- wait
- wait
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