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 “ai”, like “tail”? (a) green (b) pillow (c) rain
- 2.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) boat (b) crayon (c) eat
- 3.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) sea (b) tail (c) road
- 4.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) way (b) crow (c) bee
- 5.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) ow
- 6.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 7.Which word has “ay”, like “tray”? (a) yellow (b) way (c) bee
- 8.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) ow
- 9.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 10.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ai
- 11.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) wheel (b) soap (c) rain
- 12.Which word has “ow”, like “yellow”? (a) cheese (b) stay (c) crow
- 13.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) oa
- 14.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) mail (b) cheese (c) yellow
- 15.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) bean (b) yellow (c) stay
- 16.Which word has “ay”, like “stay”? (a) soap (b) hay (c) jeep
- 17.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ee
- 18.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) oa
- 19.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) snail (b) jeep (c) rainbow
- 20.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ay
- 21.Which word has “ay”, like “stay”? (a) coat (b) crayon (c) leaf
- 22.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ea
- 23.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) grow (b) seed (c) clay
- 24.Which word has “ee”, like “cheese”? (a) crayon (b) road (c) jeep
- 25.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) coat (b) jeep (c) paint
- 26.Which word has “ee”, like “green”? (a) toast (b) bee (c) snail
- 27.Which word has “ee”, like “sweet”? (a) rainbow (b) play (c) wheel
- 28.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) play (b) green (c) window
- 29.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) leaf (b) way (c) window
- 30.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 31.Which word has “oa”, like “road”? (a) play (b) tree (c) boat
- 32.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) cheese (b) road (c) mail
- 33.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) tray (b) goat (c) leaf
- 34.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 35.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) ow
- 36.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ay
- 37.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) toast (b) hay (c) eat
- 38.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ea
- 39.Which word has “ee”, like “feet”? (a) rain (b) toast (c) wheel
- 40.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) goat (b) snail (c) beach
Answer key
- rain
- crayon
- sea
- way
- ee
- ee
- way
- ai
- oa
- ea
- rain
- crow
- oa
- yellow
- stay
- hay
- ow
- oa
- rainbow
- ay
- crayon
- ea
- grow
- jeep
- paint
- bee
- wheel
- play
- way
- ee
- boat
- tray
- ee
- ai
- ee
- hay
- ow
- wheel
- snail
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