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 “ow”, like “blow”? (a) eat (b) snow (c) nail
- 2.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) seed (b) nail (c) pillow
- 3.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) leaf (b) boat (c) tray
- 4.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) toast (b) day (c) sweet
- 5.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 6.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) toast (b) see (c) snail
- 7.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) yellow (b) wait (c) dream
- 8.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 9.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) oa
- 10.Which word has “ee”, like “seed”? (a) crayon (b) bee (c) road
- 11.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ay
- 12.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) coat (b) eat (c) nail
- 13.Which word has “ea”, like “tea”? (a) yellow (b) sea (c) hay
- 14.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ea (c) ow
- 15.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ai
- 16.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) grow (b) sweet (c) way
- 17.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 18.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) hay (b) bean (c) bowl
- 19.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ea (c) ow
- 20.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) queen (b) paint (c) bowl
- 21.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) toast (b) wheel (c) clay
- 22.Which word has “ee”, like “green”? (a) mail (b) grow (c) bee
- 23.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) oa
- 24.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) way (b) three (c) boat
- 25.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 26.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) tail (b) leaf (c) toast
- 27.Which word has “ee”, like “three”? (a) coat (b) nail (c) seed
- 28.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
- 29.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 30.Which word has “ow”, like “crow”? (a) snow (b) train (c) peach
- 31.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
- 32.Which word has “ow”, like “yellow”? (a) slow (b) tea (c) hay
- 33.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ea
- 34.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ai
- 35.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) tray (b) beach (c) coat
- 36.Which word has “ee”, like “green”? (a) play (b) coat (c) jeep
- 37.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ea
- 38.Which word has “ea”, like “eat”? (a) bean (b) coat (c) rain
- 39.Which word has “ea”, like “peach”? (a) boat (b) tea (c) snail
- 40.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ay
Answer key
- snow
- pillow
- leaf
- toast
- ee
- snail
- dream
- ai
- oa
- bee
- ee
- nail
- sea
- ow
- ow
- way
- ee
- hay
- ow
- paint
- clay
- bee
- oa
- way
- ee
- toast
- seed
- ee
- ee
- snow
- ee
- slow
- oa
- oa
- coat
- jeep
- ea
- bean
- tea
- ay
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