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 “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) play (b) leaf (c) slow
- 2.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ai
- 3.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) leaf (b) bowl (c) tail
- 4.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ee
- 5.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) oa
- 6.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) ow
- 7.Which word has “ea”, like “beach”? (a) slow (b) peach (c) hay
- 8.Which word has “ow”, like “crow”? (a) snail (b) seed (c) blow
- 9.Which word has “ee”, like “bee”? (a) goat (b) tail (c) seed
- 10.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ea
- 11.Which word has “ay”, like “stay”? (a) road (b) say (c) dream
- 12.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) tray (b) bowl (c) peach
- 13.Which word has “ea”, like “tea”? (a) clay (b) pillow (c) peach
- 14.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 15.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee
- 16.Which word has “ee”, like “tree”? (a) window (b) wheel (c) hay
- 17.Which word has “ay”, like “stay”? (a) play (b) peach (c) toast
- 18.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 19.Which word has “ee”, like “sheep”? (a) blow (b) crayon (c) green
- 20.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) grow (b) eat (c) way
- 21.Which word has “ai”, like “tail”? (a) wheel (b) chain (c) slow
- 22.Which word has “ea”, like “eat”? (a) stay (b) seat (c) blow
- 23.Which word has “ee”, like “seed”? (a) pillow (b) stay (c) jeep
- 24.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) bowl (b) green (c) tail
- 25.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 26.3️⃣ thr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) ow
- 27.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 28.Which word has “oa”, like “road”? (a) goat (b) say (c) leaf
- 29.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ea
- 30.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) soap (b) eat (c) sail
- 31.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
- 32.Which word has “ea”, like “eat”? (a) nail (b) slow (c) bean
- 33.Which word has “ea”, like “peach”? (a) snow (b) beach (c) snail
- 34.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ay
- 35.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ay
- 36.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) bee (b) crayon (c) boat
- 37.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) toast (b) beach (c) sail
- 38.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) see (b) sail (c) soap
- 39.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 40.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) grow (b) day (c) bean
Answer key
- play
- ow
- tail
- ee
- ee
- ee
- peach
- blow
- seed
- ay
- say
- peach
- peach
- oa
- oa
- wheel
- play
- ai
- green
- eat
- chain
- seat
- jeep
- tail
- ow
- ee
- ai
- goat
- oa
- sail
- ee
- bean
- beach
- ea
- ee
- boat
- sail
- sail
- ee
- day
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