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) ow (b) ee (c) ay
- 2.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) clay (b) toast (c) beach
- 3.Which word has “ea”, like “sea”? (a) window (b) leaf (c) snail
- 4.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 5.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) wait (b) see (c) road
- 6.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ea
- 7.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) goat (b) mail (c) seed
- 8.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ea
- 9.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ay
- 10.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ea
- 11.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ea
- 12.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) slow (b) chain (c) tree
- 13.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ea
- 14.Which word has “ay”, like “tray”? (a) hay (b) goat (c) green
- 15.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) train (b) road (c) seed
- 16.Which word has “ee”, like “see”? (a) seed (b) boat (c) snail
- 17.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee
- 18.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) clay (b) soap (c) peach
- 19.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) oa
- 20.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) road (b) sheep (c) tail
- 21.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ay
- 22.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) stay (b) dream (c) rainbow
- 23.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) road (b) way (c) wheel
- 24.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) boat (b) play (c) bean
- 25.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ea
- 26.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) hay (b) dream (c) soap
- 27.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ea
- 28.Which word has “ow”, like “pillow”? (a) bowl (b) clay (c) sheep
- 29.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
- 30.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ai
- 31.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) wheel (b) goat (c) day
- 32.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 33.Which word has “ee”, like “queen”? (a) rainbow (b) play (c) see
- 34.Which word has “ee”, like “sweet”? (a) nail (b) boat (c) three
- 35.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) feet (b) toast (c) rain
- 36.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ai
- 37.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) leaf (b) nail (c) bowl
- 38.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) sea (b) soap (c) day
- 39.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) sheep (b) toast (c) say
- 40.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) paint (b) bee (c) slow
Answer key
- ee
- clay
- leaf
- ee
- wait
- ea
- ai
- ee
- ea
- ay
- slow
- ea
- hay
- road
- seed
- ee
- peach
- oa
- road
- oa
- rainbow
- way
- play
- ow
- hay
- ea
- bowl
- ee
- ai
- day
- oa
- see
- three
- rain
- ai
- nail
- sea
- say
- slow
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