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 “ay”, like “say”? (a) cheese (b) clay (c) toast
- 2.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ay
- 3.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
- 4.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ea
- 5.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) ow
- 6.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) slow (b) mail (c) sea
- 7.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) window (b) feet (c) nail
- 8.Which word has “ee”, like “see”? (a) paint (b) jeep (c) goat
- 9.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 10.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) tree (b) rain (c) boat
- 11.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) nail (b) grow (c) queen
- 12.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) rain (b) slow (c) queen
- 13.Which word has “ea”, like “tea”? (a) rain (b) sea (c) snow
- 14.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) ow
- 15.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) snail (b) blow (c) three
- 16.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) bean (b) train (c) soap
- 17.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) wheel (b) toast (c) train
- 18.Which word has “ay”, like “tray”? (a) cheese (b) way (c) road
- 19.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) green (b) rainbow (c) stay
- 20.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ai
- 21.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) goat (b) jeep (c) way
- 22.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) toast (b) seat (c) paint
- 23.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ay
- 24.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) eat (b) crayon (c) snow
- 25.3️⃣ thr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 26.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) sea (b) rain (c) goat
- 27.Which word has “ea”, like “seat”? (a) nail (b) beach (c) toast
- 28.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) tail (b) sheep (c) road
- 29.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ai
- 30.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) soap (b) stay (c) sweet
- 31.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ay
- 32.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 33.Which word has “ee”, like “bee”? (a) sail (b) yellow (c) queen
- 34.Which word has “ea”, like “seat”? (a) bean (b) toast (c) play
- 35.Which word has “ea”, like “peach”? (a) clay (b) blow (c) tea
- 36.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 37.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) jeep (b) toast (c) tail
- 38.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) bowl (b) say (c) leaf
- 39.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) boat (b) wait (c) tree
- 40.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
Answer key
- clay
- ea
- ai
- oa
- ow
- slow
- window
- jeep
- ai
- boat
- nail
- rain
- sea
- ea
- snail
- train
- train
- way
- stay
- ai
- way
- seat
- ay
- snow
- ee
- rain
- beach
- road
- oa
- soap
- ee
- ee
- queen
- bean
- tea
- ai
- tail
- say
- boat
- ee
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