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 “paint”? (a) wait (b) sheep (c) grow
- 2.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ai
- 3.Which word has “ea”, like “tea”? (a) hay (b) bean (c) soap
- 4.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) boat (b) tray (c) bee
- 5.Which word has “ea”, like “seat”? (a) toast (b) play (c) peach
- 6.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) oa
- 7.Which word has “ee”, like “queen”? (a) bee (b) coat (c) sail
- 8.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) crayon (b) bee (c) toast
- 9.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) boat (b) wait (c) leaf
- 10.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) leaf (b) pillow (c) tail
- 11.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) crayon (b) goat (c) tree
- 12.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) tail (b) road (c) dream
- 13.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) oa
- 14.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
- 15.Which word has “ay”, like “tray”? (a) goat (b) bee (c) hay
- 16.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ay
- 17.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) three (b) play (c) goat
- 18.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
- 19.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) road (b) jeep (c) clay
- 20.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) crayon (b) snow (c) leaf
- 21.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) way (b) toast (c) bee
- 22.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) green (b) coat (c) way
- 23.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) bean (b) road (c) snail
- 24.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) wait (b) toast (c) tree
- 25.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 26.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) soap (b) snail (c) green
- 27.Which word has “ow”, like “crow”? (a) bean (b) rainbow (c) stay
- 28.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 29.Which word has “oa”, like “road”? (a) rain (b) tree (c) boat
- 30.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ay
- 31.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) nail (b) tea (c) slow
- 32.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) peach (b) yellow (c) sail
- 33.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) queen (b) boat (c) hay
- 34.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) oa
- 35.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) yellow (b) nail (c) eat
- 36.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ay
- 37.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) ow
- 38.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) wheel (b) nail (c) coat
- 39.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) crayon (b) bowl (c) queen
- 40.Which word has “ea”, like “tea”? (a) mail (b) eat (c) goat
Answer key
- wait
- ai
- bean
- tray
- peach
- oa
- bee
- toast
- boat
- tail
- crayon
- tail
- ee
- ee
- hay
- ee
- play
- ai
- clay
- snow
- way
- coat
- road
- toast
- ee
- snail
- rainbow
- ai
- boat
- oa
- slow
- sail
- hay
- ee
- eat
- ea
- ow
- coat
- bowl
- eat
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