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 “tail”? (a) pillow (b) sweet (c) nail
- 2.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 3.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) dream (b) play (c) slow
- 4.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ay
- 5.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) ow
- 6.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) nail (b) bowl (c) seat
- 7.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) yellow (b) sweet (c) paint
- 8.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ea (c) oa
- 9.Which word has “ea”, like “peach”? (a) bowl (b) sail (c) dream
- 10.3️⃣ thr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) ow
- 11.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) bee (b) boat (c) hay
- 12.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) oa
- 13.Which word has “ee”, like “sheep”? (a) chain (b) queen (c) toast
- 14.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) soap (b) tea (c) clay
- 15.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) oa
- 16.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ea
- 17.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) green (b) tail (c) toast
- 18.Which word has “ay”, like “way”? (a) say (b) leaf (c) road
- 19.Which word has “ee”, like “jeep”? (a) sail (b) road (c) three
- 20.Which word has “ee”, like “green”? (a) goat (b) seed (c) say
- 21.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
- 22.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 23.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) seed (b) mail (c) pillow
- 24.Which word has “ea”, like “peach”? (a) beach (b) rain (c) blow
- 25.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) tea (b) boat (c) play
- 26.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) tea (b) goat (c) snail
- 27.Which word has “ee”, like “sheep”? (a) window (b) sail (c) seed
- 28.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ai
- 29.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) tea (b) grow (c) tray
- 30.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ai
- 31.Which word has “ow”, like “yellow”? (a) mail (b) seat (c) slow
- 32.Which word has “ay”, like “stay”? (a) rainbow (b) three (c) day
- 33.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) bean (b) snail (c) crow
- 34.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 35.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ay
- 36.Which word has “ay”, like “way”? (a) play (b) goat (c) seat
- 37.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) tree (b) snow (c) sail
- 38.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 39.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 40.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) mail (b) toast (c) eat
Answer key
- nail
- ee
- slow
- oa
- ow
- nail
- paint
- oa
- dream
- ee
- boat
- ee
- queen
- soap
- oa
- ea
- toast
- say
- three
- seed
- ee
- ee
- pillow
- beach
- boat
- snail
- seed
- ee
- tray
- ee
- slow
- day
- snail
- ai
- ee
- play
- snow
- ay
- ee
- toast
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