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 “oa”, like “road”? (a) goat (b) sea (c) sail
- 2.Which word has “ow”, like “yellow”? (a) rain (b) window (c) three
- 3.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) blow (b) paint (c) queen
- 4.Which word has “ee”, like “feet”? (a) train (b) seed (c) toast
- 5.Which word has “ea”, like “peach”? (a) leaf (b) boat (c) chain
- 6.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 7.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 8.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) ow
- 9.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ee
- 10.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) ow
- 11.Which word has “ay”, like “tray”? (a) play (b) peach (c) snow
- 12.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 13.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ay
- 14.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) train (b) tea (c) toast
- 15.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) mail (b) eat (c) bowl
- 16.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) tray (b) window (c) tea
- 17.Which word has “ea”, like “tea”? (a) leaf (b) train (c) yellow
- 18.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ea
- 19.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) boat (b) wheel (c) mail
- 20.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ay
- 21.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) oa
- 22.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 23.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 24.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) snow (b) train (c) tea
- 25.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ai
- 26.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) leaf (b) bowl (c) tail
- 27.Which word has “ee”, like “three”? (a) coat (b) sweet (c) train
- 28.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 29.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ea
- 30.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) snow (b) sea (c) mail
- 31.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee
- 32.Which word has “ee”, like “jeep”? (a) sweet (b) sail (c) road
- 33.3️⃣ thr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 34.Which word has “oa”, like “road”? (a) leaf (b) coat (c) play
- 35.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
- 36.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
- 37.Which word has “ay”, like “way”? (a) cheese (b) snow (c) play
- 38.Which word has “ea”, like “tea”? (a) day (b) grow (c) eat
- 39.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) rain (b) three (c) soap
- 40.Which word has “ee”, like “bee”? (a) green (b) yellow (c) day
Answer key
- goat
- window
- paint
- seed
- leaf
- ee
- ee
- ea
- ee
- ea
- play
- ai
- ea
- toast
- eat
- tray
- leaf
- ay
- boat
- ee
- oa
- oa
- ee
- snow
- ai
- bowl
- sweet
- ee
- oa
- ee
- sweet
- ee
- coat
- ow
- ee
- play
- eat
- soap
- green
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