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 “ea”, like “dream”? (a) snail (b) coat (c) beach
- 2.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) way (b) yellow (c) wheel
- 3.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) leaf (b) clay (c) coat
- 4.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ay
- 5.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) tray (b) slow (c) see
- 6.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) sheep (b) toast (c) rain
- 7.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ea
- 8.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) goat (b) wheel (c) wait
- 9.Which word has “ow”, like “grow”? (a) bee (b) snail (c) bowl
- 10.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) ow
- 11.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) beach (b) way (c) boat
- 12.Which word has “ay”, like “stay”? (a) peach (b) play (c) snow
- 13.Which word has “ee”, like “cheese”? (a) soap (b) hay (c) bee
- 14.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) blow (b) cheese (c) say
- 15.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ea
- 16.Which word has “oa”, like “road”? (a) leaf (b) hay (c) soap
- 17.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) boat (b) feet (c) play
- 18.Which word has “ee”, like “jeep”? (a) play (b) queen (c) yellow
- 19.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ai
- 20.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 21.Which word has “ea”, like “eat”? (a) blow (b) bean (c) clay
- 22.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ea
- 23.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) stay (b) sea (c) soap
- 24.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 25.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ai
- 26.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ea
- 27.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ay
- 28.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) ow
- 29.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) blow (b) day (c) sea
- 30.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) ow
- 31.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ay
- 32.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ai
- 33.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) wait (b) boat (c) peach
- 34.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
- 35.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) coat (b) feet (c) way
- 36.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 37.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) sail (b) toast (c) dream
- 38.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ai
- 39.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 40.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) leaf (b) window (c) play
Answer key
- beach
- way
- clay
- oa
- tray
- toast
- ow
- goat
- bowl
- ee
- beach
- play
- bee
- blow
- oa
- soap
- boat
- queen
- ow
- oa
- bean
- ai
- stay
- ee
- ea
- oa
- oa
- ee
- sea
- ay
- ea
- ai
- wait
- ow
- way
- ee
- dream
- ai
- ee
- play
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