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 “pillow”? (a) day (b) tree (c) slow
- 2.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) ow
- 3.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) toast (b) sea (c) way
- 4.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) ow
- 5.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 6.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) three (b) soap (c) sail
- 7.Which word has “ee”, like “queen”? (a) sail (b) green (c) bowl
- 8.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 9.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ay
- 10.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ay
- 11.Which word has “ow”, like “pillow”? (a) snail (b) seat (c) bowl
- 12.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) feet (b) way (c) boat
- 13.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) oa
- 14.Which word has “ai”, like “tail”? (a) sheep (b) train (c) road
- 15.Which word has “ea”, like “sea”? (a) beach (b) train (c) grow
- 16.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) snail (b) goat (c) sheep
- 17.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) mail (b) peach (c) soap
- 18.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ea
- 19.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) eat (b) nail (c) road
- 20.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) rainbow (b) clay (c) sheep
- 21.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ai
- 22.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ay
- 23.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) grow (b) sweet (c) say
- 24.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) soap (b) tea (c) hay
- 25.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 26.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) ow
- 27.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) chain (b) tea (c) road
- 28.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ai
- 29.Which word has “ow”, like “grow”? (a) bowl (b) peach (c) snail
- 30.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) tail (b) goat (c) dream
- 31.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) boat (b) mail (c) sheep
- 32.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ay
- 33.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ai
- 34.3️⃣ thr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 35.Which word has “ea”, like “beach”? (a) paint (b) coat (c) dream
- 36.Which word has “ee”, like “see”? (a) three (b) toast (c) hay
- 37.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ai
- 38.Which word has “ea”, like “tea”? (a) snail (b) sea (c) rainbow
- 39.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) boat (b) three (c) rain
- 40.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ai
Answer key
- slow
- ai
- sea
- ow
- ai
- sail
- green
- ai
- ow
- oa
- bowl
- boat
- ee
- train
- beach
- snail
- ai
- nail
- clay
- ea
- ee
- say
- hay
- ee
- ow
- tea
- oa
- bowl
- dream
- ay
- ee
- ee
- dream
- three
- ee
- sea
- rain
- ow
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