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 “ee”, like “bee”? (a) crayon (b) green (c) blow
- 2.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) snail (b) leaf (c) slow
- 3.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) tail (b) wheel (c) road
- 4.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ay
- 5.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) snow (b) seat (c) hay
- 6.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) say (b) soap (c) sheep
- 7.Which word has “ee”, like “green”? (a) play (b) toast (c) sheep
- 8.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ea
- 9.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) ow
- 10.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) bowl (b) say (c) feet
- 11.Which word has “ow”, like “crow”? (a) hay (b) queen (c) pillow
- 12.Which word has “ee”, like “cheese”? (a) nail (b) see (c) snow
- 13.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
- 14.Which word has “ai”, like “tail”? (a) rain (b) tree (c) coat
- 15.Which word has “ay”, like “stay”? (a) boat (b) way (c) sweet
- 16.Which word has “ee”, like “jeep”? (a) cheese (b) stay (c) yellow
- 17.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 18.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ai
- 19.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ea (c) ow
- 20.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 21.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 22.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
- 23.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) sea (b) train (c) boat
- 24.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) play (b) yellow (c) beach
- 25.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) yellow (b) paint (c) tea
- 26.Which word has “ee”, like “cheese”? (a) snow (b) snail (c) feet
- 27.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) tea (b) boat (c) way
- 28.Which word has “ay”, like “way”? (a) window (b) eat (c) tray
- 29.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) queen (b) boat (c) tail
- 30.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) road (b) stay (c) eat
- 31.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 32.Which word has “ea”, like “beach”? (a) leaf (b) play (c) toast
- 33.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ea (c) ow
- 34.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) toast (b) green (c) clay
- 35.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) boat (b) seed (c) snail
- 36.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ay
- 37.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) cheese (b) soap (c) train
- 38.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) toast (b) snail (c) dream
- 39.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) yellow (b) sea (c) paint
- 40.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
Answer key
- green
- leaf
- tail
- ee
- snow
- say
- sheep
- ow
- ai
- bowl
- pillow
- see
- ee
- rain
- way
- cheese
- ee
- oa
- ow
- oa
- ow
- ee
- train
- beach
- tea
- feet
- way
- tray
- boat
- stay
- ai
- leaf
- ea
- toast
- boat
- ay
- soap
- snail
- yellow
- ee
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