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.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 2.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) jeep (b) boat (c) play
- 3.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) wait (b) green (c) crow
- 4.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) stay (b) toast (c) dream
- 5.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 6.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 7.Which word has “ow”, like “grow”? (a) pillow (b) leaf (c) way
- 8.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ea
- 9.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) snow (b) tea (c) nail
- 10.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
- 11.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) crayon (b) rainbow (c) cheese
- 12.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 13.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) wait (b) goat (c) dream
- 14.Which word has “ee”, like “sweet”? (a) stay (b) window (c) three
- 15.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) oa
- 16.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) dream (b) road (c) tail
- 17.3️⃣ thr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ay
- 18.Which word has “ee”, like “bee”? (a) nail (b) tree (c) crow
- 19.Which word has “ee”, like “cheese”? (a) play (b) tree (c) blow
- 20.Which word has “ee”, like “cheese”? (a) see (b) crow (c) tail
- 21.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) ow
- 22.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) cheese (b) way (c) rainbow
- 23.Which word has “ea”, like “sea”? (a) snow (b) tea (c) mail
- 24.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) wait (b) soap (c) sheep
- 25.Which word has “ow”, like “pillow”? (a) peach (b) yellow (c) paint
- 26.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) bee (b) boat (c) rain
- 27.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ea
- 28.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) snail (b) beach (c) yellow
- 29.Which word has “ea”, like “beach”? (a) bowl (b) eat (c) paint
- 30.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) leaf (b) wait (c) road
- 31.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ay
- 32.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
- 33.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ea
- 34.Which word has “ay”, like “tray”? (a) play (b) bee (c) pillow
- 35.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ea
- 36.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) road (b) clay (c) bee
- 37.Which word has “ee”, like “tree”? (a) chain (b) goat (c) see
- 38.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) tail (b) goat (c) eat
- 39.Which word has “ee”, like “sweet”? (a) tree (b) way (c) goat
- 40.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) oa
Answer key
- ee
- play
- wait
- stay
- oa
- ee
- pillow
- ea
- nail
- ow
- rainbow
- ee
- dream
- three
- ee
- road
- ee
- tree
- tree
- see
- ea
- way
- tea
- soap
- yellow
- rain
- ai
- yellow
- eat
- leaf
- ee
- ee
- oa
- play
- ea
- road
- see
- tail
- tree
- oa
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