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.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ea
- 2.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) oa
- 3.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) nail (b) tree (c) window
- 4.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) coat (b) eat (c) nail
- 5.Which word has “ay”, like “way”? (a) road (b) sea (c) tray
- 6.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee
- 7.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) ow
- 8.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) jeep (b) yellow (c) say
- 9.Which word has “ee”, like “sheep”? (a) road (b) bee (c) clay
- 10.Which word has “ee”, like “cheese”? (a) snail (b) queen (c) boat
- 11.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) wheel (b) crayon (c) slow
- 12.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 13.Which word has “ay”, like “tray”? (a) sea (b) hay (c) soap
- 14.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 15.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) stay (b) goat (c) beach
- 16.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 17.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) blow (b) train (c) seat
- 18.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) bean (b) crayon (c) grow
- 19.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ai
- 20.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ea
- 21.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ay
- 22.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) road (b) mail (c) leaf
- 23.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ai
- 24.Which word has “ow”, like “yellow”? (a) window (b) stay (c) sweet
- 25.Which word has “ea”, like “seat”? (a) slow (b) dream (c) tail
- 26.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ay
- 27.Which word has “ow”, like “yellow”? (a) wheel (b) grow (c) mail
- 28.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 29.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) play (b) dream (c) goat
- 30.Which word has “ee”, like “queen”? (a) jeep (b) yellow (c) day
- 31.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee
- 32.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) goat (b) paint (c) beach
- 33.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) crow (b) feet (c) play
- 34.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 35.Which word has “ea”, like “tea”? (a) say (b) toast (c) seat
- 36.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ea
- 37.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) chain (b) grow (c) tree
- 38.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) bowl (b) tray (c) eat
- 39.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ai
- 40.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) snow (b) snail (c) seed
Answer key
- ow
- ai
- window
- nail
- tray
- oa
- ai
- say
- bee
- queen
- slow
- ee
- hay
- ai
- beach
- ee
- blow
- grow
- ai
- ea
- ea
- road
- oa
- window
- dream
- ow
- grow
- ee
- goat
- jeep
- ee
- paint
- play
- oa
- seat
- oa
- chain
- eat
- ea
- snail
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