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.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ay
- 2.Which word has “ow”, like “crow”? (a) bee (b) blow (c) paint
- 3.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) day (b) leaf (c) boat
- 4.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) oa
- 5.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) play (b) seat (c) soap
- 6.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) goat (b) sweet (c) rain
- 7.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ay
- 8.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ay
- 9.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ay
- 10.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) ow
- 11.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) sweet (b) rain (c) road
- 12.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ay
- 13.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) goat (b) snail (c) beach
- 14.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) snail (b) blow (c) bee
- 15.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) day (b) three (c) soap
- 16.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) ow
- 17.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ea
- 18.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) oa
- 19.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) oa
- 20.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ee
- 21.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) tree (b) road (c) rain
- 22.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) rain (b) jeep (c) grow
- 23.Which word has “ow”, like “pillow”? (a) jeep (b) rainbow (c) paint
- 24.Which word has “ay”, like “way”? (a) day (b) tea (c) crow
- 25.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 26.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) ow
- 27.Which word has “ow”, like “yellow”? (a) nail (b) leaf (c) slow
- 28.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 29.Which word has “ea”, like “sea”? (a) window (b) bean (c) snail
- 30.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) day (b) three (c) snow
- 31.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) goat (b) day (c) peach
- 32.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ea
- 33.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) toast (b) queen (c) paint
- 34.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) oa
- 35.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 36.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ea
- 37.Which word has “ea”, like “beach”? (a) soap (b) leaf (c) say
- 38.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) snail (b) goat (c) bean
- 39.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ay
- 40.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) ow
Answer key
- ea
- blow
- day
- ee
- play
- rain
- ea
- ee
- ay
- ai
- rain
- oa
- snail
- snail
- soap
- ai
- oa
- oa
- ea
- ee
- road
- rain
- rainbow
- day
- ee
- ee
- slow
- ee
- bean
- day
- peach
- ea
- paint
- oa
- ee
- oa
- leaf
- goat
- ee
- ow
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