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 “wait”? (a) three (b) rain (c) boat
- 2.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) day (b) bean (c) toast
- 3.Which word has “ea”, like “beach”? (a) tea (b) grow (c) nail
- 4.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) sweet (b) toast (c) say
- 5.Which word has “ea”, like “beach”? (a) dream (b) window (c) chain
- 6.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) wheel (b) coat (c) stay
- 7.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) oa
- 8.Which word has “ea”, like “eat”? (a) mail (b) coat (c) beach
- 9.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ai
- 10.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) see (b) snail (c) pillow
- 11.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 12.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) road (b) paint (c) dream
- 13.Which word has “ow”, like “crow”? (a) snow (b) tail (c) beach
- 14.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ay
- 15.Which word has “ow”, like “rainbow”? (a) yellow (b) crayon (c) three
- 16.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ay
- 17.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) bowl (b) crayon (c) peach
- 18.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) sea (b) yellow (c) paint
- 19.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) seed (b) day (c) soap
- 20.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) ow
- 21.Which word has “ee”, like “tree”? (a) coat (b) wheel (c) crayon
- 22.Which word has “oa”, like “road”? (a) clay (b) soap (c) beach
- 23.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) day (b) rainbow (c) eat
- 24.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) cheese (b) clay (c) soap
- 25.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) tail (b) blow (c) tea
- 26.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) soap (b) dream (c) play
- 27.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ay
- 28.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
- 29.Which word has “ee”, like “bee”? (a) wheel (b) snow (c) tail
- 30.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) ow
- 31.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) train (b) toast (c) sea
- 32.Which word has “ow”, like “crow”? (a) three (b) blow (c) stay
- 33.3️⃣ thr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
- 34.Which word has “ow”, like “grow”? (a) mail (b) jeep (c) snow
- 35.Which word has “ow”, like “rainbow”? (a) wait (b) crow (c) three
- 36.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) stay (b) soap (c) three
- 37.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) bee (b) nail (c) rainbow
- 38.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ay
- 39.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ea
- 40.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ay
Answer key
- rain
- day
- tea
- say
- dream
- coat
- ea
- beach
- ai
- snail
- ai
- road
- snow
- ee
- yellow
- ee
- bowl
- paint
- soap
- ow
- wheel
- soap
- day
- clay
- tail
- play
- ow
- ow
- wheel
- ee
- train
- blow
- ee
- snow
- crow
- stay
- rainbow
- oa
- ai
- ee
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