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.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) oa
- 2.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 3.Which word has “ay”, like “tray”? (a) sea (b) stay (c) rainbow
- 4.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) clay (b) tea (c) yellow
- 5.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) ow
- 6.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ai
- 7.Which word has “ee”, like “wheel”? (a) chain (b) three (c) goat
- 8.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) coat (b) bean (c) snail
- 9.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ea
- 10.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) tray (b) toast (c) queen
- 11.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) coat (b) three (c) train
- 12.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ea
- 13.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) chain (b) soap (c) sea
- 14.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) feet (b) snow (c) train
- 15.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
- 16.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) rain (b) tree (c) road
- 17.Which word has “ea”, like “seat”? (a) peach (b) tray (c) goat
- 18.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 19.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) say (b) dream (c) rainbow
- 20.Which word has “ee”, like “queen”? (a) toast (b) play (c) wheel
- 21.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) chain (b) coat (c) seed
- 22.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) snow (b) stay (c) leaf
- 23.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ea
- 24.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 25.Which word has “oa”, like “road”? (a) rain (b) tree (c) soap
- 26.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) wheel (b) rain (c) grow
- 27.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee
- 28.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) oa
- 29.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) jeep (b) wait (c) snow
- 30.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) snow (b) peach (c) tail
- 31.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ea
- 32.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) pillow (b) sail (c) tree
- 33.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ai
- 34.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) beach (b) train (c) toast
- 35.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) bean (b) crayon (c) toast
- 36.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) feet (b) yellow (c) nail
- 37.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) beach (b) tray (c) blow
- 38.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) seed (b) pillow (c) nail
- 39.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) feet (b) boat (c) snail
- 40.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) boat (b) cheese (c) tail
Answer key
- ee
- ai
- stay
- tea
- ow
- oa
- three
- coat
- ea
- toast
- train
- ow
- chain
- train
- ee
- rain
- peach
- ow
- rainbow
- wheel
- coat
- snow
- ai
- ee
- soap
- grow
- oa
- oa
- wait
- peach
- ea
- sail
- ee
- train
- bean
- yellow
- tray
- nail
- snail
- tail
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