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.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ai
- 2.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee
- 3.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 4.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) oa
- 5.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 6.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 7.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) wait (b) grow (c) eat
- 8.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ay
- 9.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 10.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ea
- 11.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) grow (b) eat (c) rain
- 12.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ea
- 13.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 14.Which word has “ea”, like “peach”? (a) goat (b) wait (c) sea
- 15.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) ow
- 16.Which word has “ea”, like “peach”? (a) paint (b) coat (c) bean
- 17.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
- 18.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) crayon (b) bowl (c) seed
- 19.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) ow
- 20.3️⃣ thr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee
- 21.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) ow
- 22.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ay
- 23.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) hay (b) tree (c) snow
- 24.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
- 25.Which word has “ee”, like “feet”? (a) chain (b) bee (c) soap
- 26.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) rainbow (b) rain (c) dream
- 27.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) way (b) tree (c) goat
- 28.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) mail (b) peach (c) goat
- 29.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) tray (b) sheep (c) road
- 30.Which word has “ow”, like “yellow”? (a) sheep (b) slow (c) nail
- 31.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) tea (b) rainbow (c) sail
- 32.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) ow
- 33.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) goat (b) stay (c) three
- 34.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) queen (b) bowl (c) chain
- 35.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) day (b) leaf (c) yellow
- 36.Which word has “ow”, like “rainbow”? (a) bowl (b) tea (c) play
- 37.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) seed (b) mail (c) goat
- 38.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) peach (b) tail (c) yellow
- 39.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) dream (b) snow (c) snail
- 40.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) beach (b) soap (c) mail
Answer key
- ea
- oa
- ee
- ai
- ee
- oa
- wait
- ee
- ee
- ea
- rain
- ea
- ee
- sea
- ai
- bean
- ai
- bowl
- ow
- ee
- ai
- ea
- hay
- ai
- bee
- rainbow
- goat
- road
- slow
- rainbow
- ow
- stay
- chain
- yellow
- bowl
- tail
- snail
- soap
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