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 “ai”, like “mail”? (a) sea (b) nail (c) goat
- 2.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
- 3.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) goat (b) nail (c) bean
- 4.Which word has “ay”, like “tray”? (a) seat (b) day (c) boat
- 5.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ea (c) oa
- 6.Which word has “ow”, like “grow”? (a) sweet (b) clay (c) rainbow
- 7.Which word has “ea”, like “tea”? (a) road (b) eat (c) mail
- 8.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 9.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) soap (b) seed (c) train
- 10.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) hay (b) sea (c) soap
- 11.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) sea (b) wait (c) grow
- 12.Which word has “ow”, like “pillow”? (a) bowl (b) tray (c) beach
- 13.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) wheel (b) tail (c) coat
- 14.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ea
- 15.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 16.Which word has “ee”, like “jeep”? (a) road (b) snail (c) sheep
- 17.Which word has “ay”, like “way”? (a) hay (b) peach (c) blow
- 18.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 19.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ea (c) oa
- 20.Which word has “ay”, like “way”? (a) tea (b) pillow (c) tray
- 21.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ay
- 22.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee
- 23.Which word has “ee”, like “three”? (a) sweet (b) pillow (c) mail
- 24.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 25.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) snail (b) seed (c) yellow
- 26.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ea
- 27.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) train (b) bowl (c) dream
- 28.Which word has “ee”, like “see”? (a) feet (b) crow (c) paint
- 29.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ay
- 30.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ay
- 31.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
- 32.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) window (b) peach (c) snail
- 33.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ay
- 34.Which word has “ow”, like “yellow”? (a) hay (b) sweet (c) bowl
- 35.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) crayon (b) yellow (c) bee
- 36.3️⃣ thr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 37.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) ow
- 38.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) eat (b) tray (c) coat
- 39.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee
- 40.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) toast (b) mail (c) bee
Answer key
- nail
- oa
- nail
- day
- ea
- rainbow
- eat
- oa
- train
- soap
- wait
- bowl
- coat
- ea
- ee
- sheep
- hay
- ee
- oa
- tray
- ay
- ee
- sweet
- ow
- snail
- ai
- dream
- feet
- ow
- ee
- ee
- peach
- ee
- bowl
- yellow
- ee
- ow
- tray
- ee
- toast
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