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.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ea (c) ow
- 2.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ea
- 3.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ai
- 4.Which word has “ow”, like “yellow”? (a) train (b) peach (c) crow
- 5.Which word has “ee”, like “sheep”? (a) slow (b) paint (c) bee
- 6.Which word has “ee”, like “queen”? (a) seed (b) nail (c) goat
- 7.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) boat (b) clay (c) queen
- 8.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) hay (b) wheel (c) bowl
- 9.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) goat (b) crayon (c) tea
- 10.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) feet (b) soap (c) tail
- 11.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) ow
- 12.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) ow
- 13.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 14.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) seat (b) mail (c) toast
- 15.Which word has “ee”, like “queen”? (a) soap (b) wait (c) bee
- 16.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ea
- 17.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) train (b) tea (c) crow
- 18.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
- 19.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) see (b) coat (c) train
- 20.3️⃣ thr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 21.Which word has “ea”, like “tea”? (a) eat (b) snail (c) soap
- 22.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) bean (b) rain (c) rainbow
- 23.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 24.Which word has “ee”, like “green”? (a) tree (b) way (c) toast
- 25.Which word has “ow”, like “crow”? (a) way (b) green (c) snow
- 26.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) road (b) chain (c) peach
- 27.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
- 28.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ea
- 29.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) toast (b) way (c) sheep
- 30.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) toast (b) train (c) bean
- 31.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ai
- 32.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) toast (b) beach (c) way
- 33.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) three (b) play (c) goat
- 34.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ea
- 35.Which word has “ea”, like “tea”? (a) coat (b) leaf (c) say
- 36.Which word has “ea”, like “seat”? (a) sail (b) bean (c) snow
- 37.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ea
- 38.Which word has “ay”, like “way”? (a) leaf (b) coat (c) play
- 39.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) bee (b) grow (c) say
- 40.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) bee (b) soap (c) sail
Answer key
- ow
- ea
- ai
- crow
- bee
- seed
- boat
- bowl
- tea
- tail
- ay
- ow
- oa
- bee
- oa
- crow
- oa
- coat
- ee
- eat
- rainbow
- ee
- tree
- snow
- peach
- ai
- ai
- way
- train
- ai
- way
- goat
- ea
- leaf
- bean
- ea
- play
- say
- soap
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