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.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 2.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
- 3.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) train (b) cheese (c) boat
- 4.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ea (c) ow
- 5.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) peach (b) toast (c) tray
- 6.Which word has “ay”, like “stay”? (a) way (b) peach (c) goat
- 7.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) dream (b) boat (c) play
- 8.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) grow (b) bean (c) chain
- 9.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ai
- 10.Which word has “ee”, like “bee”? (a) seed (b) rainbow (c) train
- 11.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) goat (b) clay (c) sea
- 12.Which word has “ea”, like “peach”? (a) clay (b) tea (c) coat
- 13.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) ow
- 14.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ea
- 15.Which word has “ay”, like “way”? (a) window (b) see (c) say
- 16.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ea
- 17.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) peach (b) crayon (c) pillow
- 18.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) sail (b) boat (c) seed
- 19.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 20.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 21.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
- 22.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) sea (b) yellow (c) wait
- 23.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
- 24.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) slow (b) clay (c) sheep
- 25.Which word has “ee”, like “sheep”? (a) tree (b) sail (c) slow
- 26.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 27.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) tail (b) bee (c) coat
- 28.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) paint (b) toast (c) sheep
- 29.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) train (b) crow (c) bee
- 30.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) three (b) rain (c) crow
- 31.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) sheep (b) bowl (c) snail
- 32.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee
- 33.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) leaf (b) day (c) toast
- 34.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ea
- 35.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) play (b) bowl (c) eat
- 36.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) play (b) feet (c) pillow
- 37.Which word has “ee”, like “seed”? (a) sail (b) goat (c) feet
- 38.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ea (c) oa
- 39.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
- 40.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
Answer key
- ee
- ai
- train
- ea
- toast
- way
- play
- chain
- ai
- seed
- goat
- tea
- ea
- ow
- say
- oa
- crayon
- boat
- ee
- ee
- ee
- wait
- ow
- slow
- tree
- ai
- coat
- toast
- crow
- rain
- snail
- ee
- leaf
- ea
- bowl
- pillow
- feet
- ea
- ee
- ai
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