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 “queen”? (a) slow (b) sheep (c) way
- 2.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) sea (b) boat (c) crayon
- 3.Which word has “ee”, like “sheep”? (a) wheel (b) clay (c) grow
- 4.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ea (c) oa
- 5.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) rainbow (b) bee (c) way
- 6.Which word has “ee”, like “seed”? (a) yellow (b) rain (c) queen
- 7.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) paint (b) boat (c) seat
- 8.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) eat (b) toast (c) play
- 9.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
- 10.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) snail (b) crow (c) sweet
- 11.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) hay (b) bee (c) goat
- 12.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) bean (b) paint (c) yellow
- 13.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ai
- 14.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ai
- 15.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) soap (b) seat (c) snail
- 16.Which word has “ee”, like “bee”? (a) road (b) tree (c) play
- 17.Which word has “ee”, like “green”? (a) train (b) soap (c) bee
- 18.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) snail (b) rainbow (c) sheep
- 19.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 20.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
- 21.Which word has “ee”, like “three”? (a) bowl (b) chain (c) green
- 22.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) peach (b) stay (c) coat
- 23.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ea
- 24.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) eat (b) boat (c) play
- 25.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) clay (b) bowl (c) sea
- 26.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 27.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 28.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 29.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) grow (b) sail (c) seat
- 30.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 31.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ea
- 32.Which word has “ay”, like “stay”? (a) see (b) tray (c) goat
- 33.Which word has “ay”, like “stay”? (a) tea (b) slow (c) say
- 34.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) oa
- 35.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) oa
- 36.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) coat (b) clay (c) sweet
- 37.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ee
- 38.Which word has “ea”, like “sea”? (a) rain (b) seat (c) bowl
- 39.Which word has “ow”, like “rainbow”? (a) peach (b) snow (c) play
- 40.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ai
Answer key
- sheep
- crayon
- wheel
- oa
- rainbow
- queen
- boat
- play
- ee
- snail
- hay
- paint
- ee
- oa
- soap
- tree
- bee
- rainbow
- ee
- ow
- green
- stay
- ow
- eat
- clay
- ow
- ee
- ee
- sail
- ee
- ea
- tray
- say
- ee
- ai
- coat
- oa
- seat
- snow
- ai
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