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 “ai”, like “tail”? (a) toast (b) chain (c) green
- 2.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
- 3.Which word has “ea”, like “peach”? (a) nail (b) coat (c) eat
- 4.Which word has “ea”, like “sea”? (a) window (b) snail (c) tea
- 5.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) clay (b) slow (c) jeep
- 6.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) toast (b) sweet (c) nail
- 7.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ay
- 8.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ea
- 9.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ai
- 10.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 11.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ay
- 12.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ea
- 13.Which word has “oa”, like “road”? (a) coat (b) dream (c) hay
- 14.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) day (b) tea (c) boat
- 15.Which word has “ay”, like “stay”? (a) clay (b) see (c) grow
- 16.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) bowl (b) paint (c) sea
- 17.Which word has “ai”, like “tail”? (a) rain (b) bean (c) road
- 18.Which word has “ee”, like “feet”? (a) tree (b) window (c) wait
- 19.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
- 20.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) tea (b) crayon (c) grow
- 21.Which word has “ow”, like “pillow”? (a) snow (b) beach (c) rain
- 22.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 23.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) toast (b) sweet (c) chain
- 24.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) hay (b) beach (c) pillow
- 25.Which word has “ay”, like “tray”? (a) soap (b) leaf (c) crayon
- 26.Which word has “ow”, like “rainbow”? (a) window (b) feet (c) tail
- 27.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) oa
- 28.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) oa
- 29.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
- 30.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ea
- 31.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) bean (b) toast (c) play
- 32.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
- 33.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) window (b) sail (c) bee
- 34.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) paint (b) eat (c) toast
- 35.Which word has “ee”, like “tree”? (a) yellow (b) wheel (c) mail
- 36.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) boat (b) see (c) stay
- 37.Which word has “ea”, like “seat”? (a) coat (b) tray (c) sea
- 38.Which word has “ay”, like “way”? (a) day (b) sea (c) coat
- 39.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ea
- 40.Which word has “ow”, like “rainbow”? (a) rain (b) bowl (c) leaf
Answer key
- chain
- ee
- eat
- tea
- clay
- nail
- ay
- ai
- ee
- ai
- oa
- ai
- coat
- day
- clay
- bowl
- rain
- tree
- ee
- grow
- snow
- oa
- chain
- hay
- crayon
- window
- ai
- ea
- ee
- ea
- toast
- ow
- window
- paint
- wheel
- boat
- sea
- day
- oa
- bowl
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