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 “slow”? (a) seed (b) snow (c) wait
- 2.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ay
- 3.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) queen (b) toast (c) nail
- 4.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) oa
- 5.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) dream (b) say (c) slow
- 6.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) boat (b) tree (c) tail
- 7.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ea
- 8.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ea
- 9.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) peach (b) train (c) bowl
- 10.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) rain (b) tea (c) boat
- 11.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ai
- 12.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) nail (b) road (c) beach
- 13.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) leaf (b) grow (c) hay
- 14.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) eat (b) crow (c) tail
- 15.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ay
- 16.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ee
- 17.Which word has “ow”, like “crow”? (a) play (b) seat (c) blow
- 18.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) sea (b) crayon (c) toast
- 19.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ay
- 20.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
- 21.3️⃣ thr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 22.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) day (b) soap (c) seed
- 23.Which word has “ee”, like “queen”? (a) clay (b) coat (c) three
- 24.Which word has “ai”, like “tail”? (a) seed (b) slow (c) wait
- 25.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ai
- 26.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) dream (b) boat (c) tray
- 27.Which word has “ee”, like “bee”? (a) stay (b) sheep (c) snow
- 28.Which word has “ee”, like “jeep”? (a) paint (b) queen (c) crow
- 29.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) jeep (b) yellow (c) sail
- 30.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 31.Which word has “ee”, like “feet”? (a) window (b) snail (c) sweet
- 32.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 33.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) snail (b) goat (c) seat
- 34.Which word has “ee”, like “seed”? (a) goat (b) clay (c) bee
- 35.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) oa
- 36.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) slow (b) sea (c) snail
- 37.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) road (b) tray (c) dream
- 38.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) snow (b) rain (c) see
- 39.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) sail (b) window (c) bee
- 40.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) blow (b) sweet (c) hay
Answer key
- snow
- ea
- nail
- oa
- say
- tail
- ea
- ay
- train
- rain
- ea
- road
- leaf
- eat
- ee
- ee
- blow
- crayon
- ee
- oa
- ee
- soap
- three
- wait
- ai
- dream
- sheep
- queen
- yellow
- ow
- sweet
- ai
- snail
- bee
- ee
- sea
- tray
- rain
- window
- hay
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