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.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ea
- 2.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
- 3.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ai
- 4.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ea
- 5.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ay
- 6.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) train (b) coat (c) sweet
- 7.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ee
- 8.Which word has “ow”, like “grow”? (a) slow (b) stay (c) wheel
- 9.Which word has “ee”, like “three”? (a) grow (b) sheep (c) crayon
- 10.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) bee (b) goat (c) crayon
- 11.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) sail (b) seed (c) yellow
- 12.Which word has “oa”, like “road”? (a) paint (b) goat (c) feet
- 13.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) snow (b) dream (c) day
- 14.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) snow (b) bee (c) say
- 15.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) boat (b) stay (c) dream
- 16.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) ow
- 17.Which word has “ea”, like “seat”? (a) road (b) snail (c) bean
- 18.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) hay (b) bee (c) bowl
- 19.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ay
- 20.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) nail (b) sea (c) road
- 21.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 22.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) dream (b) stay (c) rainbow
- 23.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) queen (b) crow (c) day
- 24.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) soap (b) see (c) sail
- 25.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) goat (b) tray (c) beach
- 26.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) soap (b) queen (c) play
- 27.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) boat (b) play (c) three
- 28.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) bean (b) wait (c) window
- 29.Which word has “ee”, like “see”? (a) rainbow (b) feet (c) tray
- 30.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ay
- 31.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) slow (b) snail (c) sea
- 32.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) ow
- 33.Which word has “ee”, like “seed”? (a) see (b) chain (c) goat
- 34.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) paint (b) beach (c) crow
- 35.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
- 36.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ea
- 37.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ea
- 38.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) ow
- 39.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) soap (b) sea (c) nail
- 40.Which word has “ai”, like “tail”? (a) mail (b) bee (c) goat
Answer key
- ea
- ee
- ow
- oa
- oa
- coat
- ee
- slow
- sheep
- goat
- sail
- goat
- day
- say
- boat
- ai
- bean
- hay
- ee
- nail
- oa
- stay
- day
- sail
- tray
- play
- boat
- bean
- feet
- ea
- slow
- ee
- see
- crow
- ee
- ai
- ai
- ea
- nail
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