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 “ay”, like “way”? (a) coat (b) play (c) three
- 2.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) crayon (b) seat (c) goat
- 3.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) tray (b) yellow (c) eat
- 4.🧀 ch_ _se — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 5.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 6.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 7.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) tea (b) boat (c) clay
- 8.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ay
- 9.Which word has “ow”, like “rainbow”? (a) pillow (b) leaf (c) stay
- 10.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) oa
- 11.Which word has “ee”, like “bee”? (a) coat (b) green (c) paint
- 12.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ea
- 13.Which word has “ea”, like “eat”? (a) snow (b) sea (c) way
- 14.🌧️ r_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 15.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 16.Which word has “oa”, like “road”? (a) goat (b) snail (c) jeep
- 17.🏖️ b_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) ow
- 18.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
- 19.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ai (c) ee
- 20.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) wait (b) soap (c) dream
- 21.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) yellow (b) clay (c) sheep
- 22.Which word has “ea”, like “beach”? (a) leaf (b) tail (c) pillow
- 23.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) sea (b) sail (c) grow
- 24.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) boat (b) nail (c) tree
- 25.⛵ b_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) oa
- 26.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) ow
- 27.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) play (b) boat (c) sea
- 28.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) grow (b) nail (c) three
- 29.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 30.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ai
- 31.Which word has “oa”, like “coat”? (a) cheese (b) tray (c) road
- 32.Which word has “ee”, like “bee”? (a) crow (b) mail (c) cheese
- 33.Which word has “oa”, like “road”? (a) mail (b) cheese (c) coat
- 34.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) dream (b) sail (c) grow
- 35.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
- 36.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) dream (b) sail (c) toast
- 37.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) tray (b) slow (c) dream
- 38.Which word has “ow”, like “grow”? (a) dream (b) train (c) bowl
- 39.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ea
- 40.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
Answer key
- play
- goat
- eat
- ee
- ow
- ee
- clay
- ea
- pillow
- ai
- green
- oa
- sea
- ai
- ee
- goat
- ea
- ai
- ee
- dream
- yellow
- leaf
- grow
- boat
- oa
- ee
- boat
- nail
- ai
- ai
- road
- cheese
- coat
- sail
- oa
- toast
- tray
- bowl
- ow
- ee
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