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 “ai”, like “sail”? (a) mail (b) goat (c) three
- 2.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) peach (b) hay (c) bowl
- 3.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 4.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ai
- 5.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) bean (b) mail (c) soap
- 6.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) peach (b) tray (c) soap
- 7.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) stay (b) road (c) tea
- 8.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) ow
- 9.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) oa
- 10.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 11.Which word has “ay”, like “way”? (a) hay (b) dream (c) road
- 12.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) toast (b) peach (c) chain
- 13.Which word has “ee”, like “wheel”? (a) crow (b) wait (c) bee
- 14.3️⃣ thr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 15.Which word has “ee”, like “bee”? (a) hay (b) road (c) sweet
- 16.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ay
- 17.Which word has “ow”, like “rainbow”? (a) tail (b) pillow (c) cheese
- 18.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) ow
- 19.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) rain (b) three (c) toast
- 20.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ai
- 21.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) play (b) three (c) bowl
- 22.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ay
- 23.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) snow (b) see (c) tail
- 24.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 25.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 26.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 27.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 28.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 29.Which word has “ea”, like “beach”? (a) eat (b) mail (c) soap
- 30.Which word has “ee”, like “wheel”? (a) sheep (b) say (c) soap
- 31.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 32.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) soap (b) peach (c) snail
- 33.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) say (b) tree (c) goat
- 34.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) jeep (b) boat (c) clay
- 35.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ay
- 36.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) bean (b) slow (c) crayon
- 37.Which word has “ee”, like “three”? (a) play (b) blow (c) bee
- 38.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) boat (b) paint (c) sea
- 39.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) rain (b) peach (c) boat
- 40.Which word has “ow”, like “crow”? (a) day (b) tree (c) grow
Answer key
- hay
- ee
- oa
- soap
- soap
- stay
- ee
- ea
- ai
- hay
- peach
- bee
- ee
- sweet
- ow
- pillow
- ai
- toast
- ee
- bowl
- ee
- tail
- ee
- ay
- ee
- ee
- ee
- eat
- sheep
- ee
- peach
- goat
- boat
- oa
- slow
- bee
- paint
- boat
- grow
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