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.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) oa
- 2.Which word has “ai”, like “tail”? (a) train (b) beach (c) slow
- 3.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ea
- 4.Which word has “ea”, like “peach”? (a) crow (b) tail (c) seat
- 5.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) cheese (b) tray (c) boat
- 6.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) road (b) eat (c) mail
- 7.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ea
- 8.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) wait (b) road (c) tree
- 9.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) crow (b) train (c) peach
- 10.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) tree (b) boat (c) mail
- 11.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ea
- 12.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) ow
- 13.Which word has “ea”, like “sea”? (a) crayon (b) leaf (c) boat
- 14.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) snow (b) say (c) beach
- 15.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 16.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 17.Which word has “ay”, like “tray”? (a) sheep (b) goat (c) hay
- 18.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) toast (b) sea (c) paint
- 19.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee
- 20.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) clay (b) leaf (c) grow
- 21.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) sheep (b) nail (c) pillow
- 22.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) slow (b) three (c) day
- 23.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) hay (b) green (c) rainbow
- 24.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ea
- 25.Which word has “ay”, like “way”? (a) three (b) slow (c) play
- 26.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ai
- 27.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) window (b) seat (c) mail
- 28.Which word has “ow”, like “rainbow”? (a) jeep (b) snail (c) pillow
- 29.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) bee (b) play (c) pillow
- 30.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) train (b) tea (c) blow
- 31.Which word has “ee”, like “queen”? (a) cheese (b) yellow (c) say
- 32.3️⃣ thr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ay
- 33.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee
- 34.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) sea (b) boat (c) train
- 35.Which word has “ai”, like “tail”? (a) bowl (b) bee (c) sail
- 36.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) oa
- 37.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) paint (b) coat (c) three
- 38.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 39.Which word has “ay”, like “way”? (a) grow (b) hay (c) see
- 40.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) nail (b) toast (c) peach
Answer key
- ea
- train
- oa
- seat
- tray
- oa
- wait
- train
- ai
- ea
- leaf
- snow
- ai
- ee
- hay
- sea
- oa
- leaf
- pillow
- day
- rainbow
- ea
- play
- ea
- seat
- pillow
- play
- blow
- cheese
- ee
- ee
- train
- sail
- oa
- paint
- ay
- hay
- toast
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