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