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 “hay”? (a) yellow (b) stay (c) eat
- 2.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ea
- 3.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) crow (b) stay (c) leaf
- 4.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) train (b) see (c) toast
- 5.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) snail (b) jeep (c) toast
- 6.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
- 7.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 8.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ea
- 9.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ay
- 10.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) rain (b) eat (c) toast
- 11.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) eat (b) toast (c) clay
- 12.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) green (b) toast (c) chain
- 13.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) crayon (b) see (c) boat
- 14.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 15.Which word has “oa”, like “road”? (a) toast (b) mail (c) tea
- 16.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) leaf (b) road (c) nail
- 17.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) hay (b) seat (c) toast
- 18.Which word has “ow”, like “grow”? (a) tray (b) window (c) tree
- 19.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 20.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) bowl (b) leaf (c) rain
- 21.Which word has “ee”, like “sweet”? (a) see (b) chain (c) crow
- 22.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) ow
- 23.Which word has “ow”, like “pillow”? (a) grow (b) mail (c) eat
- 24.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) yellow (b) train (c) peach
- 25.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) oa
- 26.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) ow
- 27.Which word has “oa”, like “road”? (a) tray (b) leaf (c) boat
- 28.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) jeep (b) tray (c) toast
- 29.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) sail (b) bee (c) goat
- 30.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) goat (b) clay (c) seat
- 31.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ai
- 32.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) blow (b) day (c) feet
- 33.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) oa
- 34.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 35.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
- 36.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ay
- 37.Which word has “ea”, like “sea”? (a) seat (b) blow (c) mail
- 38.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) soap (b) tree (c) train
- 39.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 40.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ea
Answer key
- stay
- oa
- crow
- train
- snail
- ai
- ow
- oa
- oa
- toast
- clay
- chain
- crayon
- ee
- toast
- leaf
- seat
- window
- ee
- bowl
- see
- ow
- grow
- train
- ee
- ee
- boat
- toast
- goat
- goat
- ai
- day
- ai
- ee
- ow
- ee
- seat
- train
- ee
- ea
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