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