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.🖍️ cr_ _on — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ea (c) oa
- 2.Which word has “ay”, like “day”? (a) way (b) boat (c) peach
- 3.Which word has “ee”, like “seed”? (a) rain (b) toast (c) wheel
- 4.Which word has “ai”, like “chain”? (a) sail (b) soap (c) dream
- 5.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) ow
- 6.Which word has “ay”, like “play”? (a) way (b) bean (c) goat
- 7.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
- 8.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ai
- 9.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ai (c) ee
- 10.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ea
- 11.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) boat (b) snail (c) three
- 12.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 13.Which word has “ay”, like “stay”? (a) blow (b) day (c) tea
- 14.🐌 sn_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 15.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) rainbow (b) tray (c) tree
- 16.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) oa
- 17.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 18.🛣️ r_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ea (c) oa
- 19.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) yellow (b) jeep (c) nail
- 20.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) ow
- 21.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) train (b) grow (c) dream
- 22.Which word has “ay”, like “crayon”? (a) three (b) way (c) pillow
- 23.Which word has “oa”, like “soap”? (a) dream (b) toast (c) say
- 24.Which word has “ea”, like “eat”? (a) boat (b) peach (c) mail
- 25.Which word has “ow”, like “bowl”? (a) clay (b) blow (c) sea
- 26.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ea
- 27.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) grow (b) train (c) see
- 28.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) rain (b) window (c) three
- 29.Which word has “ai”, like “wait”? (a) three (b) road (c) paint
- 30.Which word has “ee”, like “green”? (a) three (b) paint (c) boat
- 31.🐐 g_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) oa
- 32.Which word has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) nail (b) window (c) seed
- 33.🥣 b_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ee
- 34.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) crow (b) train (c) tea
- 35.3️⃣ thr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) oa
- 36.Which word has “oa”, like “goat”? (a) road (b) sea (c) snail
- 37.Which word has “ee”, like “green”? (a) snail (b) sweet (c) window
- 38.Which word has “ai”, like “nail”? (a) sail (b) sheep (c) window
- 39.Which word has “ea”, like “beach”? (a) crayon (b) toast (c) leaf
- 40.Which word has “ay”, like “hay”? (a) rainbow (b) crayon (c) feet
Answer key
- ay
- way
- wheel
- sail
- ee
- way
- ee
- ow
- ee
- oa
- snail
- ee
- day
- ai
- tray
- oa
- ee
- oa
- nail
- ee
- dream
- way
- toast
- peach
- blow
- ow
- grow
- rain
- paint
- three
- oa
- window
- ow
- train
- ee
- road
- sweet
- sail
- leaf
- crayon
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