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