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 “ay”, like “hay”? (a) dream (b) say (c) grow
- 2.Which word has “ay”, like “stay”? (a) hay (b) beach (c) window
- 3.Which word has “ay”, like “stay”? (a) say (b) sea (c) rainbow
- 4.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) sea (b) train (c) toast
- 5.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) sweet (b) grow (c) day
- 6.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ea
- 7.Which word has “ee”, like “cheese”? (a) coat (b) green (c) paint
- 8.Which word has “ow”, like “crow”? (a) seed (b) snail (c) blow
- 9.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ay
- 10.Which word has “ay”, like “stay”? (a) snow (b) sea (c) crayon
- 11.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) slow (b) feet (c) tail
- 12.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) queen (b) boat (c) nail
- 13.Which word has “ea”, like “beach”? (a) blow (b) tray (c) dream
- 14.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) bowl (b) stay (c) cheese
- 15.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ea (c) oa
- 16.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 17.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) blow (b) chain (c) beach
- 18.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) feet (b) goat (c) wait
- 19.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ea
- 20.Which word has “ow”, like “grow”? (a) tray (b) sweet (c) window
- 21.Which word has “oa”, like “road”? (a) play (b) coat (c) sheep
- 22.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) see (b) yellow (c) snail
- 23.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) peach (b) slow (c) wait
- 24.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ai
- 25.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) nail (b) coat (c) dream
- 26.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) cheese (b) goat (c) day
- 27.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ee
- 28.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) cheese (b) boat (c) hay
- 29.Which word has “ow”, like “rainbow”? (a) see (b) snow (c) clay
- 30.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) coat (b) eat (c) tail
- 31.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) sweet (b) crayon (c) boat
- 32.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ay
- 33.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ea
- 34.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) coat (b) bean (c) train
- 35.Which word has “ee”, like “green”? (a) bee (b) pillow (c) snail
- 36.Which word has “ay”, like “tray”? (a) bowl (b) tea (c) stay
- 37.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ai
- 38.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 39.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 40.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ea
Answer key
- say
- hay
- say
- train
- day
- oa
- green
- blow
- ow
- crayon
- tail
- nail
- dream
- bowl
- ea
- ee
- beach
- wait
- ea
- window
- coat
- snail
- wait
- ea
- nail
- goat
- ee
- hay
- snow
- eat
- crayon
- ee
- ow
- bean
- bee
- stay
- ai
- ee
- ee
- ea
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