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 “sail”? (a) dream (b) rain (c) boat
- 2.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) snow (b) crayon (c) sea
- 3.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ay
- 4.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ea
- 5.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) slow (b) crayon (c) eat
- 6.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) road (b) beach (c) stay
- 7.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ea
- 8.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) leaf (b) bowl (c) play
- 9.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) oa
- 10.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) ow
- 11.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
- 12.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) oa
- 13.Which word has “ea”, like “tea”? (a) chain (b) snow (c) dream
- 14.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) eat (b) boat (c) sail
- 15.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ai
- 16.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ai
- 17.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) oa
- 18.Which word has “ay”, like “way”? (a) tray (b) beach (c) goat
- 19.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 20.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 21.Which word has “ee”, like “green”? (a) sail (b) yellow (c) bee
- 22.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) green (b) boat (c) tray
- 23.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ai
- 24.Which word has “ea”, like “tea”? (a) bean (b) bowl (c) mail
- 25.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) coat (b) seed (c) day
- 26.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) snail (b) dream (c) goat
- 27.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ay
- 28.Which word has “ea”, like “peach”? (a) leaf (b) grow (c) paint
- 29.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) hay (b) soap (c) bean
- 30.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) green (b) say (c) coat
- 31.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) eat (b) window (c) hay
- 32.Which word has “ay”, like “stay”? (a) coat (b) way (c) sheep
- 33.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) yellow (b) tray (c) sheep
- 34.Which word has “ow”, like “yellow”? (a) tray (b) sea (c) slow
- 35.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ea
- 36.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) mail (b) road (c) green
- 37.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 38.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) oa
- 39.Which word has “ea”, like “seat”? (a) stay (b) road (c) beach
- 40.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
Answer key
- rain
- crayon
- ea
- ea
- eat
- stay
- ow
- bowl
- ay
- ai
- ow
- oa
- dream
- sail
- ea
- ee
- oa
- tray
- ee
- ee
- bee
- boat
- ai
- bean
- day
- goat
- ee
- leaf
- hay
- say
- window
- way
- yellow
- slow
- oa
- ai
- ee
- beach
- ee
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