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 “nail”? (a) dream (b) coat (c) paint
- 2.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
- 3.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) way (b) road (c) leaf
- 4.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) three (b) rainbow (c) hay
- 5.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) oa
- 6.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) tree (b) yellow (c) play
- 7.3️⃣ thr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
- 8.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) mail (b) sea (c) road
- 9.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
- 10.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ay
- 11.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ea
- 12.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) paint (b) bee (c) window
- 13.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 14.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) oa
- 15.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ay
- 16.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
- 17.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) sheep (b) soap (c) sail
- 18.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 19.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) blow (b) tea (c) nail
- 20.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) slow (b) leaf (c) chain
- 21.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) boat (b) tea (c) chain
- 22.Which word has “ay”, like “stay”? (a) say (b) wheel (c) rainbow
- 23.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) pillow (b) stay (c) sea
- 24.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 25.Which word has “ow”, like “grow”? (a) three (b) blow (c) clay
- 26.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) ow
- 27.Which word has “ea”, like “tea”? (a) say (b) dream (c) boat
- 28.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) clay (b) toast (c) tea
- 29.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) eat (b) train (c) slow
- 30.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ai
- 31.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ea
- 32.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) train (b) wheel (c) window
- 33.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ay
- 34.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 35.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ea
- 36.Which word has “ea”, like “peach”? (a) nail (b) crow (c) leaf
- 37.Which word has “ea”, like “tea”? (a) window (b) tail (c) beach
- 38.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ea
- 39.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) stay (b) peach (c) toast
- 40.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) leaf (b) nail (c) slow
Answer key
- paint
- ee
- road
- rainbow
- oa
- play
- ee
- road
- ow
- ee
- ea
- window
- ow
- ai
- oa
- ee
- soap
- ai
- nail
- chain
- chain
- say
- stay
- ee
- blow
- ea
- dream
- toast
- train
- ai
- oa
- train
- ay
- ee
- ai
- leaf
- beach
- ow
- peach
- nail
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