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Phonics lesson 20: Vowel teams · Set 50 · 40 questions
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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. 1.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ea
  2. 2.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) oa
  3. 3.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) nail (b) tree (c) window
  4. 4.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) coat (b) eat (c) nail
  5. 5.Which word has “ay”, like “way”? (a) road (b) sea (c) tray
  6. 6.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee
  7. 7.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) ow
  8. 8.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) jeep (b) yellow (c) say
  9. 9.Which word has “ee”, like “sheep”? (a) road (b) bee (c) clay
  10. 10.Which word has “ee”, like “cheese”? (a) snail (b) queen (c) boat
  11. 11.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) wheel (b) crayon (c) slow
  12. 12.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
  13. 13.Which word has “ay”, like “tray”? (a) sea (b) hay (c) soap
  14. 14.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
  15. 15.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) stay (b) goat (c) beach
  16. 16.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
  17. 17.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) blow (b) train (c) seat
  18. 18.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) bean (b) crayon (c) grow
  19. 19.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ai
  20. 20.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ea
  21. 21.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ay
  22. 22.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) road (b) mail (c) leaf
  23. 23.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ai
  24. 24.Which word has “ow”, like “yellow”? (a) window (b) stay (c) sweet
  25. 25.Which word has “ea”, like “seat”? (a) slow (b) dream (c) tail
  26. 26.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ay
  27. 27.Which word has “ow”, like “yellow”? (a) wheel (b) grow (c) mail
  28. 28.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
  29. 29.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) play (b) dream (c) goat
  30. 30.Which word has “ee”, like “queen”? (a) jeep (b) yellow (c) day
  31. 31.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee
  32. 32.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) goat (b) paint (c) beach
  33. 33.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) crow (b) feet (c) play
  34. 34.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
  35. 35.Which word has “ea”, like “tea”? (a) say (b) toast (c) seat
  36. 36.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ea
  37. 37.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) chain (b) grow (c) tree
  38. 38.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) bowl (b) tray (c) eat
  39. 39.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ai
  40. 40.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) snow (b) snail (c) seed

Answer key

  1. ow
  2. ai
  3. window
  4. nail
  5. tray
  6. oa
  7. ai
  8. say
  9. bee
  10. queen
  11. slow
  12. ee
  13. hay
  14. ai
  15. beach
  16. ee
  17. blow
  18. grow
  19. ai
  20. ea
  21. ea
  22. road
  23. oa
  24. window
  25. dream
  26. ow
  27. grow
  28. ee
  29. goat
  30. jeep
  31. ee
  32. paint
  33. play
  34. oa
  35. seat
  36. oa
  37. chain
  38. eat
  39. ea
  40. snail

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