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.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee
- 2.Which word has “ea”, like “tea”? (a) coat (b) nail (c) dream
- 3.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) paint (b) yellow (c) leaf
- 4.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) bowl (b) tail (c) sea
- 5.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) coat (b) sail (c) feet
- 6.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) road (b) eat (c) clay
- 7.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) toast (b) three (c) way
- 8.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) oa
- 9.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) pillow (b) crayon (c) sweet
- 10.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 11.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) ow
- 12.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) yellow (b) tea (c) say
- 13.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) oa
- 14.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee
- 15.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
- 16.Which word has “ea”, like “beach”? (a) nail (b) tea (c) goat
- 17.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
- 18.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) play (b) seat (c) pillow
- 19.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) window (b) crayon (c) dream
- 20.Which word has “ee”, like “bee”? (a) rain (b) sweet (c) road
- 21.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ea
- 22.Which word has “ow”, like “yellow”? (a) snail (b) queen (c) snow
- 23.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) toast (b) three (c) tray
- 24.Which word has “ow”, like “yellow”? (a) three (b) snail (c) rainbow
- 25.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) oa
- 26.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) leaf (b) bowl (c) crayon
- 27.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) tree (b) crow (c) mail
- 28.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
- 29.Which word has “ea”, like “sea”? (a) bean (b) soap (c) train
- 30.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) play (b) green (c) slow
- 31.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ay
- 32.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
- 33.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) snow (b) tail (c) leaf
- 34.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) green (b) nail (c) road
- 35.Which word has “ay”, like “tray”? (a) beach (b) grow (c) clay
- 36.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) day (b) bowl (c) sweet
- 37.Which word has “ay”, like “way”? (a) crayon (b) goat (c) see
- 38.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 39.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ay
- 40.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) oa
Answer key
- ee
- dream
- paint
- bowl
- coat
- clay
- way
- ee
- crayon
- oa
- ai
- tea
- ay
- ee
- ee
- tea
- ee
- play
- crayon
- sweet
- ow
- snow
- tray
- rainbow
- ea
- bowl
- ai
- bean
- play
- oa
- ee
- tail
- road
- clay
- day
- crayon
- ai
- ow
- ea
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