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 “tail”? (a) bowl (b) wait (c) sheep
- 2.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 3.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ai
- 4.Which word has “ow”, like “crow”? (a) beach (b) chain (c) pillow
- 5.Which word has “ee”, like “sheep”? (a) hay (b) toast (c) queen
- 6.Which word has “ay”, like “tray”? (a) eat (b) way (c) road
- 7.Which word has “ee”, like “feet”? (a) play (b) snow (c) queen
- 8.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) coat (b) peach (c) day
- 9.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) soap (b) three (c) play
- 10.Which word has “ee”, like “sheep”? (a) grow (b) rain (c) three
- 11.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) toast (b) day (c) cheese
- 12.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) mail (b) road (c) sweet
- 13.Which word has “ee”, like “wheel”? (a) jeep (b) sail (c) goat
- 14.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) boat (b) sea (c) chain
- 15.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) oa
- 16.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) nail (b) leaf (c) pillow
- 17.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ea
- 18.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ai
- 19.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ai
- 20.Which word has “ee”, like “tree”? (a) train (b) crow (c) green
- 21.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) oa
- 22.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) peach (b) yellow (c) paint
- 23.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) grow (b) hay (c) queen
- 24.Which word has “ee”, like “see”? (a) pillow (b) cheese (c) day
- 25.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ea
- 26.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) snow (b) sweet (c) snail
- 27.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) leaf (b) bowl (c) wait
- 28.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) stay (b) tree (c) road
- 29.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) boat (b) sail (c) cheese
- 30.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) ow
- 31.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) goat (b) beach (c) tail
- 32.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ay
- 33.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) slow (b) train (c) tea
- 34.Which word has “ay”, like “tray”? (a) crayon (b) wheel (c) toast
- 35.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 36.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ea (c) ow
- 37.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 38.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
- 39.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ay
- 40.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ai
Answer key
- wait
- ee
- ai
- pillow
- queen
- way
- queen
- day
- play
- three
- toast
- jeep
- chain
- ee
- nail
- ai
- ai
- oa
- green
- ea
- peach
- grow
- cheese
- ow
- snail
- wait
- road
- sail
- ow
- goat
- ee
- train
- crayon
- ee
- ea
- ee
- ay
- ee
- ai
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