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 “ee”, like “tree”? (a) sail (b) grow (c) seed
- 2.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) soap (b) rain (c) sweet
- 3.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) mail (b) leaf (c) yellow
- 4.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
- 5.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) sheep (b) toast (c) paint
- 6.Which word has “ee”, like “sheep”? (a) snow (b) bee (c) play
- 7.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ea
- 8.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) bowl (b) beach (c) mail
- 9.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 10.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) bowl (b) feet (c) chain
- 11.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ai
- 12.Which word has “ee”, like “queen”? (a) wheel (b) day (c) goat
- 13.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) queen (b) rainbow (c) way
- 14.Which word has “ee”, like “feet”? (a) road (b) tree (c) mail
- 15.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) sea (b) road (c) say
- 16.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) see (b) goat (c) paint
- 17.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) toast (b) beach (c) crayon
- 18.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ay
- 19.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) day (b) grow (c) seed
- 20.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 21.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) chain (b) pillow (c) tea
- 22.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) soap (b) dream (c) mail
- 23.Which word has “ay”, like “way”? (a) stay (b) boat (c) feet
- 24.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 25.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ay
- 26.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) tray (b) seat (c) coat
- 27.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) boat (b) leaf (c) sail
- 28.Which word has “ee”, like “jeep”? (a) rainbow (b) cheese (c) sail
- 29.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) eat (b) bowl (c) play
- 30.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) play (b) soap (c) bean
- 31.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) tea (b) mail (c) bowl
- 32.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) road (b) feet (c) sail
- 33.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 34.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) leaf (b) boat (c) day
- 35.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 36.Which word has “ea”, like “eat”? (a) tray (b) soap (c) dream
- 37.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) yellow (b) queen (c) day
- 38.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) tea (b) tail (c) snow
- 39.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) mail (b) beach (c) grow
- 40.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
Answer key
- seed
- rain
- leaf
- ee
- paint
- bee
- ai
- oa
- chain
- ea
- wheel
- way
- tree
- say
- paint
- toast
- ea
- grow
- oa
- pillow
- soap
- stay
- oa
- ay
- tray
- sail
- cheese
- play
- play
- sail
- ee
- day
- ai
- dream
- yellow
- tail
- ee
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