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 “ow”, like “blow”? (a) leaf (b) slow (c) mail
- 2.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ea
- 3.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) sail (b) eat (c) soap
- 4.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ea
- 5.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ai
- 6.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) leaf (b) bowl (c) paint
- 7.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 8.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) queen (b) yellow (c) train
- 9.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ay
- 10.Which word has “ay”, like “way”? (a) peach (b) hay (c) rainbow
- 11.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee
- 12.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) boat (b) play (c) bean
- 13.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) tray (b) road (c) eat
- 14.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) road (b) mail (c) peach
- 15.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee
- 16.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 17.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) road (b) wait (c) peach
- 18.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) train (b) tree (c) toast
- 19.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 20.Which word has “ee”, like “queen”? (a) sail (b) road (c) tree
- 21.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ea
- 22.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ai
- 23.Which word has “ee”, like “jeep”? (a) say (b) tree (c) goat
- 24.Which word has “ee”, like “three”? (a) wheel (b) play (c) boat
- 25.Which word has “ea”, like “sea”? (a) beach (b) play (c) boat
- 26.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) feet (b) yellow (c) tail
- 27.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) yellow (b) paint (c) leaf
- 28.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
- 29.Which word has “ay”, like “tray”? (a) coat (b) leaf (c) stay
- 30.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ay
- 31.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) goat (b) bean (c) chain
- 32.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ea
- 33.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ai
- 34.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 35.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) boat (b) bee (c) chain
- 36.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) dream (b) stay (c) coat
- 37.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 38.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) snow (b) queen (c) sail
- 39.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) crayon (b) road (c) peach
- 40.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) seat (b) paint (c) grow
Answer key
- slow
- ea
- eat
- ow
- ai
- paint
- ow
- train
- ee
- hay
- ee
- bean
- road
- ee
- ai
- road
- toast
- oa
- tree
- ai
- ea
- tree
- wheel
- beach
- yellow
- paint
- ee
- stay
- oa
- bean
- ow
- ee
- oa
- chain
- coat
- ee
- sail
- crayon
- seat
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