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 “snail”? (a) leaf (b) yellow (c) sail
- 2.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) window (b) train (c) three
- 3.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) sea (b) goat (c) sail
- 4.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
- 5.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) rain (b) slow (c) tree
- 6.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ea (c) oa
- 7.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ea (c) ow
- 8.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 9.3️⃣ thr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 10.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ai
- 11.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) bee (b) mail (c) blow
- 12.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) snail (b) beach (c) boat
- 13.Which word has “ea”, like “eat”? (a) stay (b) sea (c) goat
- 14.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) paint (b) green (c) yellow
- 15.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ai
- 16.Which word has “ow”, like “yellow”? (a) sea (b) nail (c) pillow
- 17.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ea
- 18.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) chain (b) dream (c) yellow
- 19.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) goat (b) leaf (c) paint
- 20.Which word has “ea”, like “tea”? (a) stay (b) coat (c) eat
- 21.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ee
- 22.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) seat (b) slow (c) train
- 23.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) coat (b) sail (c) seat
- 24.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
- 25.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ay
- 26.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) window (b) paint (c) three
- 27.Which word has “ee”, like “sheep”? (a) goat (b) play (c) sweet
- 28.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) ow
- 29.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
- 30.Which word has “ow”, like “grow”? (a) snow (b) day (c) bee
- 31.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 32.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) mail (b) bean (c) road
- 33.Which word has “ee”, like “queen”? (a) wait (b) coat (c) cheese
- 34.Which word has “ee”, like “sheep”? (a) jeep (b) snow (c) play
- 35.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) slow (b) way (c) see
- 36.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 37.Which word has “ow”, like “crow”? (a) chain (b) wheel (c) yellow
- 38.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ai
- 39.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) three (b) window (c) wait
- 40.Which word has “ee”, like “cheese”? (a) tree (b) chain (c) soap
Answer key
- sail
- train
- sail
- ee
- rain
- oa
- ea
- ee
- ee
- ai
- snail
- sea
- yellow
- ea
- pillow
- ai
- dream
- leaf
- eat
- ee
- train
- seat
- ee
- ea
- paint
- sweet
- ay
- ee
- snow
- oa
- road
- cheese
- jeep
- way
- ee
- yellow
- oa
- window
- tree
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