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.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ay
- 2.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) train (b) jeep (c) pillow
- 3.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) oa
- 4.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) yellow (b) tray (c) sea
- 5.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) blow (b) sweet (c) tray
- 6.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) road (b) chain (c) leaf
- 7.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ea
- 8.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) yellow (b) cheese (c) snail
- 9.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) boat (b) rain (c) sweet
- 10.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) window (b) snail (c) sea
- 11.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) slow (b) chain (c) peach
- 12.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) jeep (b) play (c) soap
- 13.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) crow (b) peach (c) nail
- 14.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) paint (b) leaf (c) road
- 15.Which word has “ea”, like “beach”? (a) nail (b) soap (c) sea
- 16.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) queen (b) way (c) boat
- 17.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ai
- 18.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) road (b) see (c) snail
- 19.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) snail (b) crow (c) bean
- 20.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) cheese (b) play (c) pillow
- 21.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) beach (b) road (c) snail
- 22.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) snail (b) blow (c) queen
- 23.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ai
- 24.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) day (b) goat (c) green
- 25.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ea
- 26.Which word has “ee”, like “sheep”? (a) way (b) yellow (c) bee
- 27.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) tail (b) yellow (c) seat
- 28.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) window (b) dream (c) rain
- 29.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) oa
- 30.Which word has “ee”, like “sheep”? (a) three (b) snow (c) tray
- 31.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) train (b) road (c) sweet
- 32.3️⃣ thr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 33.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee
- 34.Which word has “ow”, like “crow”? (a) eat (b) tail (c) snow
- 35.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ea
- 36.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ay
- 37.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) soap (b) dream (c) rain
- 38.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ai
- 39.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
- 40.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) mail (b) cheese (c) boat
Answer key
- oa
- pillow
- ee
- yellow
- tray
- chain
- ea
- snail
- boat
- snail
- slow
- play
- peach
- paint
- sea
- way
- ea
- road
- crow
- play
- snail
- blow
- ai
- day
- ai
- bee
- seat
- dream
- ai
- three
- train
- ee
- oa
- snow
- ai
- ea
- rain
- oa
- ow
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