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.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ay
- 2.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) bowl (b) hay (c) sweet
- 3.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ea
- 4.🟢 gr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 5.Which word has “oa”, like “road”? (a) leaf (b) snail (c) toast
- 6.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) clay (b) seat (c) soap
- 7.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 8.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) ow
- 9.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) oa (c) ai
- 10.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
- 11.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) pillow (b) play (c) tree
- 12.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ay
- 13.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) coat (b) tea (c) train
- 14.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) bee (b) crayon (c) goat
- 15.Which word has “ee”, like “sheep”? (a) bee (b) window (c) say
- 16.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
- 17.Which word has “ea”, like “bean”? (a) tray (b) sea (c) toast
- 18.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
- 19.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 20.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) way (b) cheese (c) toast
- 21.Which word has “ea”, like “tea”? (a) mail (b) soap (c) bean
- 22.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) snail (b) queen (c) road
- 23.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ai
- 24.Which word has “ay”, like “tray”? (a) stay (b) grow (c) dream
- 25.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) ow
- 26.Which word has “ee”, like “cheese”? (a) jeep (b) mail (c) soap
- 27.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ee
- 28.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) play (b) soap (c) seat
- 29.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) queen (b) stay (c) toast
- 30.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) oa
- 31.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) grow (b) sweet (c) play
- 32.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ai
- 33.Which word has “ea”, like “tea”? (a) mail (b) grow (c) peach
- 34.Which word has “ow”, like “snow”? (a) day (b) three (c) bowl
- 35.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) seat (b) wait (c) toast
- 36.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) blow (b) train (c) bean
- 37.Which word has “ai”, like “snail”? (a) bowl (b) leaf (c) chain
- 38.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 39.Which word has “ow”, like “grow”? (a) slow (b) tray (c) sea
- 40.Which word has “ee”, like “sweet”? (a) three (b) way (c) boat
Answer key
- ee
- hay
- ea
- ee
- toast
- soap
- oa
- ea
- ai
- ow
- play
- ee
- train
- goat
- bee
- ee
- sea
- ee
- oa
- toast
- bean
- road
- ai
- stay
- ow
- jeep
- ee
- play
- toast
- oa
- grow
- ai
- peach
- bowl
- wait
- blow
- chain
- ow
- slow
- three
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