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.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) oa
- 2.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) boat (b) clay (c) feet
- 3.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) tail (b) green (c) road
- 4.Which word has “ee”, like “see”? (a) wait (b) queen (c) grow
- 5.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 6.Which word has “ee”, like “three”? (a) crow (b) seed (c) rain
- 7.Which word has “ow”, like “crow”? (a) grow (b) sea (c) tray
- 8.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) tea (b) boat (c) snail
- 9.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) queen (b) snail (c) boat
- 10.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 11.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) say (b) tree (c) grow
- 12.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) bowl (b) three (c) train
- 13.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) soap (b) sail (c) bean
- 14.Which word has “ow”, like “rainbow”? (a) sail (b) sweet (c) slow
- 15.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) yellow (b) day (c) seed
- 16.Which word has “ee”, like “tree”? (a) bee (b) toast (c) rain
- 17.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
- 18.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 19.Which word has “ea”, like “beach”? (a) leaf (b) tray (c) window
- 20.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ea (c) oa
- 21.Which word has “oa”, like “road”? (a) boat (b) eat (c) day
- 22.Which word has “ow”, like “rainbow”? (a) say (b) cheese (c) bowl
- 23.Which word has “oa”, like “road”? (a) three (b) goat (c) say
- 24.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ai
- 25.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) slow (b) paint (c) seat
- 26.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 27.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ea
- 28.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 29.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ai
- 30.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) bean (b) hay (c) soap
- 31.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 32.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) snail (b) cheese (c) coat
- 33.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ay
- 34.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) oa
- 35.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) soap (b) sweet (c) rain
- 36.Which word has “ea”, like “eat”? (a) nail (b) toast (c) tea
- 37.Which word has “ea”, like “sea”? (a) eat (b) chain (c) coat
- 38.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 39.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 40.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) bean (b) sail (c) rainbow
Answer key
- ai
- clay
- tail
- queen
- ow
- seed
- grow
- snail
- boat
- ai
- grow
- bowl
- soap
- slow
- yellow
- bee
- ee
- ee
- leaf
- ea
- boat
- bowl
- goat
- ai
- slow
- ow
- oa
- ai
- ea
- hay
- ee
- snail
- ea
- oa
- rain
- tea
- eat
- ow
- ee
- rainbow
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