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