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