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.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ai
- 2.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) say (b) boat (c) sweet
- 3.Which word has “ay”, like “way”? (a) crayon (b) goat (c) feet
- 4.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) dream (b) crayon (c) boat
- 5.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) toast (b) queen (c) clay
- 6.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 7.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) mail (b) green (c) coat
- 8.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 9.Which word has “ee”, like “sweet”? (a) feet (b) toast (c) tail
- 10.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ea
- 11.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) oa
- 12.Which word has “ee”, like “tree”? (a) crayon (b) feet (c) road
- 13.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) ow
- 14.Which word has “ee”, like “queen”? (a) snow (b) play (c) bee
- 15.Which word has “ay”, like “stay”? (a) boat (b) bean (c) crayon
- 16.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ay
- 17.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) ow
- 18.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) tree (b) goat (c) wait
- 19.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) paint (b) soap (c) cheese
- 20.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) green (b) rain (c) goat
- 21.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) stay (b) yellow (c) eat
- 22.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) toast (b) chain (c) dream
- 23.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ay
- 24.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) toast (b) wheel (c) mail
- 25.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) sweet (b) crayon (c) pillow
- 26.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ea
- 27.Which word has “ow”, like “pillow”? (a) nail (b) grow (c) seed
- 28.Which word has “ow”, like “yellow”? (a) blow (b) peach (c) mail
- 29.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) bowl (b) sail (c) dream
- 30.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
- 31.Which word has “ay”, like “way”? (a) queen (b) road (c) stay
- 32.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ay
- 33.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) leaf (b) wait (c) toast
- 34.Which word has “ea”, like “tea”? (a) bean (b) soap (c) say
- 35.Which word has “ea”, like “peach”? (a) wait (b) snow (c) seat
- 36.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) ow
- 37.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ea (c) oa
- 38.Which word has “ee”, like “seed”? (a) tray (b) three (c) soap
- 39.Which word has “ee”, like “sweet”? (a) hay (b) tree (c) bowl
- 40.Which word has “ay”, like “stay”? (a) sheep (b) day (c) boat
Answer key
- ow
- say
- crayon
- crayon
- toast
- oa
- ee
- feet
- ai
- ee
- feet
- ow
- bee
- crayon
- oa
- ee
- goat
- paint
- rain
- yellow
- chain
- ee
- toast
- pillow
- ow
- grow
- blow
- sail
- ee
- stay
- ee
- wait
- bean
- seat
- ai
- ea
- three
- tree
- day
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