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 “snail”? (a) tail (b) toast (c) green
- 2.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) bowl (b) tail (c) tea
- 3.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 4.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) wheel (b) say (c) window
- 5.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ay
- 6.Which word has “ea”, like “peach”? (a) toast (b) snail (c) leaf
- 7.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 8.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ay
- 9.Which word has “ee”, like “wheel”? (a) rain (b) soap (c) seed
- 10.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ay
- 11.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) oa
- 12.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) grow (b) dream (c) tail
- 13.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) crayon (b) seat (c) boat
- 14.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) nail (b) coat (c) eat
- 15.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) boat (b) mail (c) cheese
- 16.Which word has “ee”, like “three”? (a) blow (b) clay (c) queen
- 17.Which word has “ai”, like “tail”? (a) bowl (b) snail (c) tree
- 18.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ay
- 19.Which word has “ay”, like “way”? (a) peach (b) stay (c) window
- 20.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ea
- 21.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
- 22.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 23.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
- 24.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 25.Which word has “ee”, like “cheese”? (a) feet (b) paint (c) soap
- 26.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
- 27.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) mail (b) cheese (c) boat
- 28.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) crayon (b) sweet (c) toast
- 29.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 30.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) coat (b) green (c) rain
- 31.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) oa
- 32.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ea
- 33.Which word has “ee”, like “bee”? (a) rain (b) boat (c) feet
- 34.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) boat (b) way (c) eat
- 35.Which word has “ai”, like “tail”? (a) eat (b) blow (c) paint
- 36.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) sea (b) road (c) day
- 37.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ea
- 38.3️⃣ thr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
- 39.Which word has “ay”, like “stay”? (a) tray (b) eat (c) boat
- 40.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ea
Answer key
- tail
- tail
- ai
- say
- ea
- leaf
- ee
- ay
- seed
- ee
- oa
- tail
- boat
- coat
- queen
- snail
- ow
- stay
- oa
- ow
- oa
- ee
- ee
- feet
- ow
- crayon
- ee
- coat
- ea
- ai
- feet
- way
- paint
- road
- ea
- ee
- tray
- ea
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