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 “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) bee (b) slow (c) train
- 2.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) blow (b) play (c) dream
- 3.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) window (b) eat (c) crayon
- 4.Which word has “ee”, like “tree”? (a) queen (b) play (c) bowl
- 5.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) oa
- 6.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) oa
- 7.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ay
- 8.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) slow (b) tail (c) queen
- 9.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 10.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) wheel (b) mail (c) road
- 11.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 12.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ea
- 13.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ai
- 14.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) bean (b) toast (c) paint
- 15.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 16.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) boat (b) chain (c) tea
- 17.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ea
- 18.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) chain (b) seed (c) slow
- 19.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ai
- 20.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) rain (b) sea (c) goat
- 21.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ea
- 22.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 23.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) seat (b) coat (c) wait
- 24.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) bean (b) toast (c) paint
- 25.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) snail (b) eat (c) grow
- 26.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) coat (b) seat (c) nail
- 27.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) cheese (b) road (c) clay
- 28.Which word has “ea”, like “tea”? (a) rainbow (b) bean (c) tail
- 29.Which word has “ay”, like “tray”? (a) stay (b) bowl (c) sea
- 30.3️⃣ thr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 31.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
- 32.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) oa
- 33.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) oa
- 34.Which word has “ee”, like “seed”? (a) play (b) goat (c) tree
- 35.Which word has “ee”, like “sweet”? (a) snow (b) queen (c) nail
- 36.Which word has “ee”, like “seed”? (a) tray (b) soap (c) see
- 37.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ay
- 38.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) grow (b) wait (c) leaf
- 39.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) yellow (b) sea (c) train
- 40.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ea (c) oa
Answer key
- slow
- play
- crayon
- queen
- ee
- ai
- ee
- tail
- ai
- ee
- ea
- ow
- paint
- oa
- boat
- ai
- chain
- ow
- rain
- ai
- ee
- wait
- paint
- snail
- coat
- road
- bean
- stay
- ee
- ee
- oa
- ee
- tree
- queen
- see
- oa
- wait
- yellow
- oa
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