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 “sail”? (a) sheep (b) window (c) wait
- 2.Which word has “oa”, like “road”? (a) peach (b) play (c) toast
- 3.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) paint (b) boat (c) eat
- 4.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ay
- 5.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 6.Which word has “ee”, like “queen”? (a) cheese (b) day (c) boat
- 7.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) toast (b) mail (c) leaf
- 8.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 9.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) oa
- 10.Which word has “ee”, like “three”? (a) boat (b) mail (c) bee
- 11.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) oa
- 12.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ea (c) oa
- 13.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) goat (b) tree (c) sail
- 14.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) play (b) yellow (c) tea
- 15.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) stay (b) seat (c) slow
- 16.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) eat (b) window (c) paint
- 17.Which word has “ow”, like “crow”? (a) rain (b) window (c) dream
- 18.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ee
- 19.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) tray (b) wheel (c) toast
- 20.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 21.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) oa
- 22.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) clay (b) yellow (c) tea
- 23.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) seat (b) way (c) road
- 24.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) peach (b) rain (c) goat
- 25.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ay
- 26.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ea
- 27.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ai
- 28.Which word has “ee”, like “seed”? (a) hay (b) goat (c) bee
- 29.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ay
- 30.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) cheese (b) tray (c) blow
- 31.Which word has “ee”, like “bee”? (a) rain (b) slow (c) green
- 32.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) yellow (b) rain (c) jeep
- 33.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) play (b) coat (c) seed
- 34.Which word has “ee”, like “tree”? (a) chain (b) see (c) slow
- 35.Which word has “ay”, like “stay”? (a) say (b) toast (c) sheep
- 36.Which word has “ee”, like “three”? (a) soap (b) chain (c) sweet
- 37.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ai
- 38.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) beach (b) snow (c) wait
- 39.Which word has “ee”, like “tree”? (a) road (b) feet (c) clay
- 40.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) seat (b) crayon (c) road
Answer key
- wait
- toast
- eat
- ay
- oa
- cheese
- ai
- ai
- bee
- ee
- ea
- sail
- tea
- stay
- paint
- window
- ee
- toast
- ee
- ea
- clay
- road
- peach
- ee
- oa
- ow
- bee
- oa
- tray
- green
- rain
- play
- see
- say
- sweet
- ee
- wait
- feet
- road
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