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 “crayon”? (a) dream (b) coat (c) clay
- 2.Which word has “ee”, like “bee”? (a) pillow (b) see (c) day
- 3.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) road (b) way (c) sea
- 4.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) ow
- 5.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 6.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) tray (b) coat (c) sea
- 7.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ai
- 8.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 9.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ea
- 10.Which word has “ow”, like “grow”? (a) jeep (b) rainbow (c) paint
- 11.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) train (b) blow (c) jeep
- 12.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) paint (b) boat (c) see
- 13.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ay
- 14.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) road (b) seat (c) wait
- 15.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ai
- 16.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee
- 17.Which word has “ee”, like “three”? (a) play (b) toast (c) wheel
- 18.Which word has “ow”, like “grow”? (a) bowl (b) tail (c) three
- 19.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) snow (b) day (c) eat
- 20.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) three (b) tail (c) coat
- 21.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) day (b) crow (c) leaf
- 22.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) ow
- 23.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) toast (b) seed (c) nail
- 24.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) eat (b) toast (c) mail
- 25.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 26.Which word has “ee”, like “wheel”? (a) three (b) yellow (c) tail
- 27.Which word has “ow”, like “grow”? (a) queen (b) snow (c) day
- 28.Which word has “ow”, like “rainbow”? (a) hay (b) sea (c) crow
- 29.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) crow (b) tray (c) tree
- 30.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 31.3️⃣ thr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ay
- 32.Which word has “ow”, like “pillow”? (a) slow (b) queen (c) sail
- 33.Which word has “ee”, like “wheel”? (a) green (b) pillow (c) day
- 34.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ea
- 35.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) snow (b) train (c) eat
- 36.Which word has “ow”, like “crow”? (a) bowl (b) seed (c) train
- 37.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ai
- 38.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) oa
- 39.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ea
- 40.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ea (c) oa
Answer key
- clay
- see
- road
- ea
- ee
- coat
- ai
- ee
- ai
- rainbow
- blow
- paint
- ee
- wait
- ee
- ee
- wheel
- bowl
- eat
- tail
- day
- ow
- toast
- ai
- three
- snow
- crow
- crow
- ai
- ee
- slow
- green
- oa
- eat
- bowl
- ow
- oa
- ea
- oa
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