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.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 2.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ea
- 3.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) pillow (b) rain (c) seat
- 4.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) goat (b) tree (c) tail
- 5.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) blow (b) say (c) dream
- 6.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 7.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ai
- 8.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 9.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 10.Which word has “ee”, like “sheep”? (a) play (b) road (c) tree
- 11.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) coat (b) eat (c) tail
- 12.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) jeep (b) soap (c) say
- 13.Which word has “ea”, like “seat”? (a) toast (b) bean (c) tail
- 14.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 15.Which word has “ai”, like “tail”? (a) dream (b) wait (c) toast
- 16.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 17.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 18.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 19.Which word has “ee”, like “see”? (a) pillow (b) queen (c) way
- 20.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
- 21.Which word has “ea”, like “sea”? (a) seat (b) boat (c) nail
- 22.Which word has “ow”, like “crow”? (a) sea (b) rainbow (c) play
- 23.Which word has “ow”, like “rainbow”? (a) dream (b) pillow (c) crayon
- 24.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) toast (b) snail (c) jeep
- 25.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 26.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) three (b) play (c) toast
- 27.Which word has “ay”, like “tray”? (a) clay (b) soap (c) sea
- 28.Which word has “ow”, like “rainbow”? (a) slow (b) mail (c) green
- 29.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) seed (b) boat (c) nail
- 30.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
- 31.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) ow
- 32.Which word has “ow”, like “pillow”? (a) grow (b) nail (c) sheep
- 33.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) goat (b) green (c) clay
- 34.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) tea (b) boat (c) clay
- 35.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) sea (b) rain (c) goat
- 36.3️⃣ thr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 37.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 38.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) pillow (b) sea (c) play
- 39.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) soap (b) play (c) sweet
- 40.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ay
Answer key
- oa
- ea
- pillow
- tail
- say
- ee
- ai
- ee
- ai
- tree
- tail
- say
- bean
- oa
- wait
- ee
- oa
- ai
- queen
- ee
- seat
- rainbow
- pillow
- snail
- ee
- toast
- clay
- slow
- nail
- ee
- ow
- grow
- clay
- boat
- rain
- ee
- ee
- play
- soap
- ee
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