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.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 2.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
- 3.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) wheel (b) grow (c) tail
- 4.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) sweet (b) play (c) road
- 5.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ai
- 6.Which word has “ea”, like “sea”? (a) blow (b) dream (c) train
- 7.Which word has “ai”, like “tail”? (a) window (b) snail (c) feet
- 8.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) beach (b) boat (c) chain
- 9.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) day (b) cheese (c) goat
- 10.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) wait (b) seed (c) bowl
- 11.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 12.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ay
- 13.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) tail (b) crow (c) leaf
- 14.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) window (b) beach (c) rain
- 15.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) bowl (b) rain (c) queen
- 16.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) ow
- 17.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ea
- 18.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) blow (b) paint (c) tea
- 19.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) mail (b) feet (c) road
- 20.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) oa
- 21.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) oa
- 22.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) pillow (b) stay (c) seat
- 23.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) paint (b) rainbow (c) tea
- 24.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ea
- 25.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) oa
- 26.Which word has “ee”, like “green”? (a) day (b) sweet (c) coat
- 27.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee
- 28.Which word has “ee”, like “cheese”? (a) rain (b) road (c) queen
- 29.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ea
- 30.Which word has “ee”, like “sheep”? (a) coat (b) paint (c) three
- 31.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) rain (b) eat (c) blow
- 32.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ea
- 33.Which word has “ea”, like “peach”? (a) day (b) beach (c) crow
- 34.Which word has “ee”, like “sheep”? (a) soap (b) bee (c) stay
- 35.Which word has “ee”, like “bee”? (a) goat (b) train (c) green
- 36.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) say (b) snow (c) bee
- 37.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) oa
- 38.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) mail (b) toast (c) jeep
- 39.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
- 40.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) oa
Answer key
- ee
- ee
- tail
- play
- ai
- dream
- snail
- chain
- goat
- wait
- ee
- ee
- crow
- rain
- rain
- ee
- ai
- paint
- road
- oa
- oa
- pillow
- rainbow
- oa
- ay
- sweet
- ee
- queen
- ea
- three
- rain
- ow
- beach
- bee
- green
- snow
- ai
- ow
- ee
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