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 “crow”? (a) see (b) way (c) yellow
- 2.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ai
- 3.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) tree (b) soap (c) tail
- 4.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ay
- 5.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) snail (b) tree (c) toast
- 6.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) oa
- 7.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) yellow (b) mail (c) eat
- 8.Which word has “ow”, like “yellow”? (a) train (b) dream (c) window
- 9.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ay
- 10.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ea (c) oa
- 11.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) ow
- 12.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) crow (b) nail (c) seat
- 13.Which word has “ea”, like “eat”? (a) day (b) bowl (c) bean
- 14.Which word has “ee”, like “feet”? (a) coat (b) cheese (c) tray
- 15.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ay
- 16.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) ow
- 17.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) ow
- 18.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ay
- 19.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ay
- 20.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) way (b) queen (c) snow
- 21.Which word has “ee”, like “wheel”? (a) boat (b) seed (c) snail
- 22.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ea
- 23.Which word has “ee”, like “queen”? (a) snow (b) sheep (c) nail
- 24.Which word has “ow”, like “rainbow”? (a) bean (b) bowl (c) tray
- 25.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) snow (b) crayon (c) green
- 26.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) train (b) cheese (c) boat
- 27.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) dream (b) snow (c) play
- 28.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
- 29.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ai
- 30.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) say (b) sheep (c) toast
- 31.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 32.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) toast (b) mail (c) tree
- 33.3️⃣ thr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 34.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) paint (b) bowl (c) three
- 35.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 36.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) wheel (b) snow (c) clay
- 37.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
- 38.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) sail (b) toast (c) tea
- 39.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) goat (b) dream (c) crayon
- 40.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) bean (b) blow (c) play
Answer key
- yellow
- ai
- tail
- ee
- toast
- ai
- window
- ea
- oa
- ee
- crow
- bean
- cheese
- ow
- ai
- ee
- ea
- ea
- way
- seed
- ai
- sheep
- bowl
- snow
- boat
- play
- ee
- oa
- say
- ee
- ee
- bowl
- ee
- clay
- ee
- tea
- goat
- blow
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