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 “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) sheep (b) sail (c) snow
- 2.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) coat (b) chain (c) cheese
- 3.Which word has “ay”, like “way”? (a) grow (b) tray (c) leaf
- 4.Which word has “ee”, like “three”? (a) wait (b) window (c) feet
- 5.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ai
- 6.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) way (b) peach (c) coat
- 7.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ee
- 8.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ai
- 9.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
- 10.Which word has “ow”, like “yellow”? (a) bean (b) slow (c) sail
- 11.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) wait (b) green (c) coat
- 12.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ai
- 13.Which word has “ee”, like “see”? (a) three (b) say (c) coat
- 14.Which word has “ow”, like “rainbow”? (a) slow (b) seed (c) crayon
- 15.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) leaf (b) day (c) coat
- 16.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 17.Which word has “ay”, like “tray”? (a) blow (b) stay (c) wheel
- 18.Which word has “ee”, like “jeep”? (a) grow (b) day (c) feet
- 19.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) sea (b) say (c) snow
- 20.Which word has “ea”, like “eat”? (a) play (b) window (c) beach
- 21.Which word has “ee”, like “tree”? (a) snow (b) snail (c) bee
- 22.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) soap (b) nail (c) tea
- 23.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) tree (b) snail (c) goat
- 24.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) oa
- 25.Which word has “ee”, like “tree”? (a) way (b) goat (c) see
- 26.Which word has “ee”, like “green”? (a) bowl (b) feet (c) mail
- 27.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) ow
- 28.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 29.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ea
- 30.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
- 31.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) seat (b) crow (c) tail
- 32.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ay
- 33.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 34.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
- 35.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) ow
- 36.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) hay (b) bowl (c) tree
- 37.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) toast (b) hay (c) dream
- 38.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ay
- 39.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ai
- 40.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) way (b) crow (c) sheep
Answer key
- snow
- chain
- tray
- feet
- ai
- way
- ee
- oa
- ow
- slow
- wait
- ow
- three
- slow
- coat
- ai
- stay
- feet
- sea
- beach
- bee
- nail
- snail
- ai
- see
- feet
- ea
- ee
- ai
- ee
- tail
- ee
- ee
- ee
- ay
- hay
- hay
- ee
- ow
- way
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