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.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 2.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ea
- 3.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 4.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
- 5.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
- 6.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) pillow (b) feet (c) mail
- 7.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
- 8.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) leaf (b) grow (c) nail
- 9.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) eat (b) road (c) way
- 10.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) mail (b) pillow (c) bee
- 11.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ai
- 12.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) road (b) tray (c) seat
- 13.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ai
- 14.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) tail (b) leaf (c) toast
- 15.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) oa
- 16.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ay
- 17.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) three (b) hay (c) boat
- 18.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ai
- 19.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) jeep (b) play (c) coat
- 20.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) seat (b) pillow (c) snail
- 21.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) wait (b) bean (c) boat
- 22.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) boat (b) eat (c) paint
- 23.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) way (b) seed (c) yellow
- 24.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ea (c) oa
- 25.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) snail (b) feet (c) yellow
- 26.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) slow (b) nail (c) sea
- 27.Which word has “ee”, like “wheel”? (a) way (b) coat (c) three
- 28.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ay
- 29.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) sweet (b) toast (c) rain
- 30.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) soap (b) feet (c) snail
- 31.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ai
- 32.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) wheel (b) coat (c) tail
- 33.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) crayon (b) rainbow (c) sea
- 34.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) cheese (b) sail (c) grow
- 35.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) stay (b) seat (c) goat
- 36.Which word has “ea”, like “seat”? (a) train (b) leaf (c) toast
- 37.Which word has “ee”, like “three”? (a) play (b) seed (c) road
- 38.Which word has “ee”, like “seed”? (a) train (b) sheep (c) bowl
- 39.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ai
- 40.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ai
Answer key
- oa
- ai
- ai
- ai
- ee
- pillow
- ee
- nail
- road
- ee
- tray
- ai
- toast
- oa
- ee
- hay
- ea
- play
- snail
- boat
- paint
- way
- ea
- snail
- nail
- three
- ee
- toast
- soap
- ow
- tail
- rainbow
- sail
- goat
- leaf
- seed
- sheep
- oa
- ai
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