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.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) ow
- 2.Which word has “ow”, like “crow”? (a) window (b) say (c) bean
- 3.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 4.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
- 5.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) seat (b) day (c) rainbow
- 6.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) green (b) toast (c) way
- 7.Which word has “ay”, like “tray”? (a) green (b) coat (c) day
- 8.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
- 9.Which word has “ay”, like “way”? (a) stay (b) sweet (c) slow
- 10.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ay
- 11.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ea
- 12.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) leaf (b) play (c) bowl
- 13.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 14.Which word has “ee”, like “see”? (a) sheep (b) slow (c) way
- 15.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ai
- 16.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) crayon (b) pillow (c) feet
- 17.Which word has “oa”, like “road”? (a) coat (b) way (c) sheep
- 18.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee
- 19.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) sea (b) way (c) road
- 20.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) oa
- 21.Which word has “ea”, like “sea”? (a) leaf (b) snail (c) slow
- 22.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) ow
- 23.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) sail (b) cheese (c) road
- 24.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ai
- 25.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) sweet (b) mail (c) toast
- 26.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) tail (b) sea (c) road
- 27.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
- 28.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) eat (b) window (c) nail
- 29.Which word has “ow”, like “grow”? (a) stay (b) wheel (c) blow
- 30.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) jeep (b) paint (c) coat
- 31.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ea
- 32.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) toast (b) sail (c) peach
- 33.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) toast (b) wait (c) beach
- 34.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) toast (b) chain (c) sea
- 35.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) tea (b) way (c) goat
- 36.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 37.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) nail (b) boat (c) three
- 38.Which word has “ee”, like “wheel”? (a) queen (b) train (c) soap
- 39.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ai
- 40.Which word has “ow”, like “rainbow”? (a) leaf (b) window (c) clay
Answer key
- ea
- window
- ee
- ee
- day
- toast
- day
- ee
- stay
- oa
- oa
- leaf
- ee
- sheep
- ee
- crayon
- coat
- oa
- sea
- oa
- leaf
- ow
- sail
- ea
- tail
- ee
- eat
- blow
- coat
- ow
- sail
- wait
- chain
- goat
- oa
- nail
- queen
- ai
- window
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