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