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.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) oa
- 2.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) sweet (b) toast (c) day
- 3.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) eat (b) snail (c) window
- 4.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) tree (b) rainbow (c) play
- 5.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ai
- 6.Which word has “ay”, like “way”? (a) say (b) slow (c) tea
- 7.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) eat (b) window (c) chain
- 8.Which word has “ai”, like “tail”? (a) train (b) window (c) cheese
- 9.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) toast (b) paint (c) cheese
- 10.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ai
- 11.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ay
- 12.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 13.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) window (b) seat (c) sail
- 14.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
- 15.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 16.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) boat (b) day (c) peach
- 17.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) nail (b) bowl (c) dream
- 18.Which word has “ay”, like “way”? (a) goat (b) queen (c) day
- 19.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ai
- 20.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) ow
- 21.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 22.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) oa
- 23.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) feet (b) way (c) goat
- 24.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) sheep (b) sail (c) window
- 25.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) road (b) paint (c) sheep
- 26.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) ow
- 27.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 28.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 29.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) dream (b) wait (c) boat
- 30.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ea
- 31.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 32.Which word has “ee”, like “wheel”? (a) hay (b) road (c) see
- 33.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) sweet (b) boat (c) way
- 34.Which word has “ow”, like “grow”? (a) sea (b) crayon (c) pillow
- 35.Which word has “ea”, like “sea”? (a) yellow (b) tea (c) hay
- 36.Which word has “ee”, like “sweet”? (a) coat (b) play (c) seed
- 37.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) oa
- 38.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) oa
- 39.Which word has “ee”, like “jeep”? (a) mail (b) window (c) see
- 40.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
Answer key
- oa
- toast
- snail
- rainbow
- oa
- say
- chain
- train
- paint
- ai
- ow
- oa
- seat
- oa
- ee
- day
- nail
- day
- ai
- ow
- ai
- ee
- way
- sail
- paint
- ow
- ee
- ee
- wait
- ow
- ee
- see
- way
- pillow
- tea
- seed
- oa
- ea
- see
- ee
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