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.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ay
- 2.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) nail (b) dream (c) grow
- 3.Which word has “ee”, like “bee”? (a) road (b) see (c) tray
- 4.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) ow
- 5.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
- 6.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 7.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) leaf (b) coat (c) mail
- 8.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ay
- 9.Which word has “ee”, like “sweet”? (a) pillow (b) cheese (c) hay
- 10.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ay
- 11.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ay
- 12.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 13.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ai
- 14.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
- 15.Which word has “ee”, like “bee”? (a) goat (b) wheel (c) paint
- 16.Which word has “ee”, like “sweet”? (a) grow (b) queen (c) say
- 17.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 18.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) coat (b) way (c) leaf
- 19.Which word has “ea”, like “seat”? (a) tail (b) tea (c) soap
- 20.Which word has “ay”, like “way”? (a) coat (b) peach (c) stay
- 21.Which word has “ee”, like “jeep”? (a) toast (b) play (c) queen
- 22.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) nail (b) beach (c) coat
- 23.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) crayon (b) yellow (c) tree
- 24.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) three (b) road (c) sail
- 25.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) soap (b) wheel (c) rain
- 26.Which word has “ow”, like “pillow”? (a) train (b) sweet (c) rainbow
- 27.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) leaf (b) pillow (c) way
- 28.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) coat (b) jeep (c) paint
- 29.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) bee (b) way (c) coat
- 30.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) oa
- 31.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) tail (b) slow (c) peach
- 32.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) oa
- 33.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) see (b) crow (c) rain
- 34.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) pillow (b) mail (c) tea
- 35.Which word has “ow”, like “crow”? (a) wait (b) sea (c) slow
- 36.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) beach (b) day (c) road
- 37.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) oa
- 38.Which word has “ee”, like “three”? (a) slow (b) mail (c) seed
- 39.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) stay (b) soap (c) seat
- 40.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) bee (b) day (c) rainbow
Answer key
- ee
- nail
- see
- ee
- ee
- ow
- oa
- cheese
- ee
- ee
- ai
- oa
- ow
- wheel
- queen
- ai
- way
- tea
- stay
- queen
- coat
- crayon
- sail
- soap
- rainbow
- pillow
- paint
- coat
- ai
- peach
- ea
- rain
- slow
- beach
- ee
- seed
- seat
- day
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