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.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ay
- 2.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 3.Which word has “ay”, like “way”? (a) window (b) clay (c) seat
- 4.Which word has “ay”, like “tray”? (a) coat (b) sweet (c) way
- 5.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) eat (b) paint (c) rainbow
- 6.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ai
- 7.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ea (c) oa
- 8.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) peach (b) crayon (c) coat
- 9.Which word has “ay”, like “stay”? (a) clay (b) slow (c) bean
- 10.Which word has “ow”, like “grow”? (a) rain (b) sweet (c) pillow
- 11.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) beach (b) toast (c) rain
- 12.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) coat (b) paint (c) beach
- 13.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ai
- 14.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
- 15.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) train (b) coat (c) sea
- 16.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 17.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) snail (b) window (c) bean
- 18.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ay
- 19.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
- 20.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) sheep (b) road (c) snail
- 21.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) seed (b) nail (c) crow
- 22.Which word has “ay”, like “stay”? (a) coat (b) say (c) tree
- 23.Which word has “ea”, like “sea”? (a) way (b) window (c) seat
- 24.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) bean (b) tail (c) blow
- 25.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) road (b) beach (c) stay
- 26.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) nail (b) rainbow (c) eat
- 27.Which word has “ow”, like “grow”? (a) rainbow (b) seed (c) sail
- 28.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
- 29.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
- 30.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) tray (b) boat (c) bean
- 31.Which word has “ee”, like “three”? (a) jeep (b) slow (c) rain
- 32.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) road (b) bean (c) crayon
- 33.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) ow
- 34.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) rainbow (b) sweet (c) tray
- 35.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
- 36.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ay
- 37.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
- 38.Which word has “ow”, like “pillow”? (a) paint (b) slow (c) leaf
- 39.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) day (b) leaf (c) bowl
- 40.Which word has “ee”, like “cheese”? (a) feet (b) paint (c) window
Answer key
- ay
- ow
- clay
- way
- eat
- ai
- oa
- coat
- clay
- pillow
- toast
- paint
- ee
- ee
- train
- ee
- window
- ow
- ee
- snail
- nail
- say
- seat
- tail
- beach
- eat
- rainbow
- ai
- ee
- bean
- jeep
- crayon
- ow
- tray
- ow
- ee
- ee
- slow
- leaf
- feet
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