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 “chain”? (a) three (b) snow (c) nail
- 2.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) peach (b) nail (c) grow
- 3.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) tea (b) snail (c) boat
- 4.Which word has “oa”, like “road”? (a) leaf (b) tail (c) goat
- 5.Which word has “ee”, like “seed”? (a) sail (b) road (c) sweet
- 6.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) see (b) sail (c) toast
- 7.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ay
- 8.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) ow
- 9.Which word has “oa”, like “road”? (a) coat (b) hay (c) seed
- 10.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 11.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) oa
- 12.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) bean (b) slow (c) rain
- 13.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) stay (b) toast (c) dream
- 14.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ea
- 15.Which word has “ee”, like “bee”? (a) day (b) jeep (c) crow
- 16.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) tail (b) coat (c) three
- 17.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 18.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) sweet (b) crayon (c) goat
- 19.Which word has “ea”, like “sea”? (a) yellow (b) sail (c) dream
- 20.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) mail (b) cheese (c) goat
- 21.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) goat (b) play (c) beach
- 22.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 23.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) clay (b) pillow (c) beach
- 24.Which word has “ai”, like “tail”? (a) nail (b) bee (c) grow
- 25.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) cheese (b) toast (c) paint
- 26.Which word has “ea”, like “sea”? (a) play (b) peach (c) window
- 27.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ay
- 28.Which word has “ow”, like “grow”? (a) beach (b) day (c) rainbow
- 29.Which word has “ee”, like “tree”? (a) sweet (b) grow (c) tail
- 30.Which word has “ow”, like “yellow”? (a) seat (b) bowl (c) chain
- 31.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) oa
- 32.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) coat (b) jeep (c) tray
- 33.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) play (b) yellow (c) sea
- 34.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ay
- 35.Which word has “ee”, like “three”? (a) paint (b) wheel (c) snow
- 36.Which word has “ow”, like “grow”? (a) chain (b) green (c) slow
- 37.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
- 38.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 39.Which word has “ow”, like “yellow”? (a) tea (b) window (c) hay
- 40.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
Answer key
- nail
- nail
- tea
- goat
- sweet
- sail
- ea
- ow
- coat
- ai
- ay
- slow
- toast
- ea
- jeep
- tail
- ee
- goat
- dream
- play
- ee
- clay
- nail
- paint
- peach
- ee
- rainbow
- sweet
- bowl
- oa
- coat
- play
- oa
- wheel
- slow
- ow
- oa
- window
- ee
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