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) bee (b) train (c) coat
- 2.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) crow (b) rain (c) seed
- 3.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 4.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ea
- 5.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 6.Which word has “ee”, like “jeep”? (a) wheel (b) nail (c) grow
- 7.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) nail (b) blow (c) seat
- 8.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 9.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) bowl (b) seed (c) play
- 10.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 11.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) way (b) seed (c) boat
- 12.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) ow
- 13.🍵 t_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ea (c) ai
- 14.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
- 15.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) mail (b) goat (c) beach
- 16.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
- 17.Which word has “ee”, like “wheel”? (a) sweet (b) boat (c) clay
- 18.Which word has “ay”, like “way”? (a) day (b) queen (c) crow
- 19.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) oa
- 20.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) grow (b) tree (c) clay
- 21.Which word has “ow”, like “yellow”? (a) three (b) crow (c) mail
- 22.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) eat (b) paint (c) bowl
- 23.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) stay (b) window (c) bean
- 24.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) bean (b) coat (c) paint
- 25.Which word has “ea”, like “eat”? (a) seat (b) nail (c) goat
- 26.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) oa
- 27.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) toast (b) feet (c) train
- 28.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
- 29.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) bowl (b) peach (c) play
- 30.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) tea (b) boat (c) rain
- 31.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) grow (b) rain (c) dream
- 32.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ai
- 33.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ee (c) ay
- 34.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) see (b) nail (c) goat
- 35.Which word has “ay”, like “stay”? (a) feet (b) hay (c) yellow
- 36.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 37.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ea (c) ai
- 38.Which word has “ai”, like “mail”? (a) queen (b) snail (c) yellow
- 39.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
- 40.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) ow
Answer key
- train
- rain
- ee
- oa
- ee
- wheel
- blow
- ai
- play
- ee
- way
- ee
- ea
- ee
- goat
- ai
- sweet
- day
- ea
- clay
- crow
- eat
- stay
- paint
- seat
- oa
- train
- ow
- peach
- rain
- grow
- ai
- ow
- nail
- hay
- oa
- ai
- snail
- ee
- ee
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