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 “snail”? (a) soap (b) tree (c) chain
- 2.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) slow (b) peach (c) chain
- 3.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 4.Which word has “oa”, like “road”? (a) sea (b) rain (c) boat
- 5.Which word has “ai”, like “tail”? (a) window (b) chain (c) dream
- 6.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) say (b) grow (c) queen
- 7.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ay
- 8.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) oa
- 9.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ea
- 10.Which word has “ow”, like “rainbow”? (a) grow (b) sea (c) say
- 11.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
- 12.Which word has “ow”, like “crow”? (a) hay (b) snow (c) feet
- 13.Which word has “ai”, like “tail”? (a) seed (b) mail (c) boat
- 14.Which word has “ea”, like “sea”? (a) boat (b) tea (c) chain
- 15.Which word has “ow”, like “grow”? (a) crow (b) seat (c) clay
- 16.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) road (b) eat (c) crayon
- 17.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
- 18.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ai
- 19.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) tail (b) coat (c) tree
- 20.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
- 21.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) oa
- 22.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) window (b) nail (c) sheep
- 23.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) wheel (b) toast (c) chain
- 24.Which word has “ea”, like “sea”? (a) stay (b) rainbow (c) leaf
- 25.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ay
- 26.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) crayon (b) bean (c) blow
- 27.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) toast (b) wheel (c) tail
- 28.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 29.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) rain (b) bean (c) pillow
- 30.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
- 31.Which word has “ee”, like “see”? (a) paint (b) queen (c) rainbow
- 32.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 33.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ai
- 34.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ay
- 35.Which word has “ea”, like “tea”? (a) nail (b) bean (c) yellow
- 36.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 37.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ay
- 38.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) oa
- 39.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) ow
- 40.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) ow
Answer key
- chain
- chain
- ai
- boat
- chain
- say
- ee
- ee
- oa
- grow
- ow
- snow
- tea
- crow
- road
- ai
- ai
- tail
- ow
- oa
- nail
- chain
- leaf
- oa
- blow
- tail
- ee
- pillow
- ee
- queen
- ee
- ea
- ea
- bean
- ee
- ow
- ea
- ow
- ee
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