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Phonics lesson 20: Vowel teams · Set 721 · 40 questions
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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. 1.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ea
  2. 2.Which word has “ay”, like “way”? (a) soap (b) sea (c) tray
  3. 3.Which word has “ea”, like “sea”? (a) say (b) eat (c) goat
  4. 4.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ai
  5. 5.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) three (b) mail (c) boat
  6. 6.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
  7. 7.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ai
  8. 8.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) mail (b) boat (c) seed
  9. 9.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ea
  10. 10.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) coat (b) sweet (c) tray
  11. 11.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ai
  12. 12.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ee
  13. 13.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) tail (b) peach (c) crow
  14. 14.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
  15. 15.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) oa
  16. 16.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) bean (b) road (c) train
  17. 17.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) paint (b) soap (c) sweet
  18. 18.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) ow
  19. 19.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) oa
  20. 20.Which word has “ea”, like “sea”? (a) dream (b) say (c) road
  21. 21.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
  22. 22.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ay
  23. 23.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ea
  24. 24.Which word has “ee”, like “see”? (a) grow (b) stay (c) feet
  25. 25.Which word has “ow”, like “rainbow”? (a) play (b) sweet (c) window
  26. 26.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) coat (b) say (c) leaf
  27. 27.Which word has “ee”, like “bee”? (a) nail (b) road (c) jeep
  28. 28.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) sail (b) yellow (c) green
  29. 29.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) crayon (b) boat (c) tree
  30. 30.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ay
  31. 31.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) mail (b) boat (c) dream
  32. 32.Which word has “ai”, like “tail”? (a) slow (b) nail (c) wheel
  33. 33.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) oa
  34. 34.Which word has “ee”, like “bee”? (a) snow (b) wait (c) sheep
  35. 35.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) tree (b) say (c) coat
  36. 36.Which word has “ee”, like “sheep”? (a) sweet (b) chain (c) bowl
  37. 37.Which word has “ea”, like “peach”? (a) sail (b) boat (c) dream
  38. 38.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
  39. 39.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ea (c) oa
  40. 40.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee

Answer key

  1. ea
  2. tray
  3. eat
  4. ai
  5. mail
  6. ow
  7. ai
  8. mail
  9. ea
  10. tray
  11. ai
  12. ow
  13. crow
  14. ee
  15. oa
  16. road
  17. paint
  18. ee
  19. oa
  20. dream
  21. ee
  22. ow
  23. ai
  24. feet
  25. window
  26. coat
  27. jeep
  28. sail
  29. crayon
  30. ay
  31. mail
  32. nail
  33. ee
  34. sheep
  35. say
  36. sweet
  37. dream
  38. ee
  39. ea
  40. ee

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