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