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Phonics lesson 20: Vowel teams · Set 456 · 40 questions
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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. 1.Which word has “ow”, like “pillow”? (a) tail (b) jeep (c) blow
  2. 2.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) beach (b) soap (c) sail
  3. 3.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) tail (b) goat (c) sweet
  4. 4.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee
  5. 5.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) mail (b) eat (c) snow
  6. 6.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
  7. 7.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) sea (b) day (c) snow
  8. 8.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) road (b) wait (c) peach
  9. 9.Which word has “ow”, like “yellow”? (a) rainbow (b) tray (c) tea
  10. 10.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
  11. 11.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ai
  12. 12.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ea
  13. 13.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) snail (b) bowl (c) beach
  14. 14.Which word has “ow”, like “grow”? (a) three (b) clay (c) yellow
  15. 15.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
  16. 16.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ea
  17. 17.Which word has “ow”, like “pillow”? (a) rain (b) bowl (c) bean
  18. 18.Which word has “ee”, like “cheese”? (a) rain (b) queen (c) pillow
  19. 19.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) leaf (b) paint (c) road
  20. 20.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) slow (b) paint (c) sea
  21. 21.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) grow (b) way (c) cheese
  22. 22.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
  23. 23.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee
  24. 24.Which word has “oa”, like “road”? (a) soap (b) tray (c) see
  25. 25.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) coat (b) train (c) sweet
  26. 26.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) seed (b) say (c) yellow
  27. 27.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) train (b) peach (c) goat
  28. 28.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) seat (b) slow (c) mail
  29. 29.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) tea (b) blow (c) day
  30. 30.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
  31. 31.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
  32. 32.Which word has “ea”, like “peach”? (a) paint (b) bean (c) soap
  33. 33.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) three (b) snow (c) snail
  34. 34.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) bean (b) chain (c) boat
  35. 35.Which word has “ay”, like “tray”? (a) snow (b) sweet (c) way
  36. 36.Which word has “ee”, like “jeep”? (a) slow (b) mail (c) sheep
  37. 37.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) jeep (b) tray (c) pillow
  38. 38.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) soap (b) cheese (c) train
  39. 39.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ai
  40. 40.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow

Answer key

  1. blow
  2. sail
  3. tail
  4. oa
  5. snow
  6. ee
  7. day
  8. road
  9. rainbow
  10. ai
  11. ow
  12. ow
  13. snail
  14. yellow
  15. ee
  16. ea
  17. bowl
  18. queen
  19. road
  20. paint
  21. way
  22. ee
  23. ee
  24. soap
  25. coat
  26. yellow
  27. peach
  28. seat
  29. day
  30. ai
  31. ee
  32. bean
  33. snail
  34. chain
  35. way
  36. sheep
  37. tray
  38. train
  39. oa
  40. ai

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