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.🧼 s_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ee (c) ai
- 2.🍑 p_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ea (c) ow
- 3.Which word has “ow”, like “crow”? (a) way (b) snow (c) dream
- 4.Which word has “ea”, like “sea”? (a) leaf (b) coat (c) play
- 5.🚆 tr_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ai
- 6.Which word has “ai”, like “train”? (a) road (b) tail (c) green
- 7.🌳 tr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ai (c) oa
- 8.🍬 sw_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) oa (c) ee
- 9.Which word has “ow”, like “pillow”? (a) sheep (b) clay (c) slow
- 10.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) sea (b) goat (c) train
- 11.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) sail (b) sea (c) grow
- 12.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) oa (c) ai
- 13.🐑 sh_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 14.❄️ sn_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ee
- 15.3️⃣ thr_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) oa (c) ee
- 16.🚙 j_ _p — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) oa
- 17.🧥 c_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) oa (b) ay (c) ea
- 18.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
- 19.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) snail (b) tea (c) grow
- 20.👸 qu_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ow (c) ee
- 21.Which word has “ee”, like “bee”? (a) soap (b) mail (c) tree
- 22.🌈 rainb_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ay (b) ee (c) ow
- 23.Which word has “ay”, like “clay”? (a) green (b) crayon (c) goat
- 24.Which word has “ai”, like “paint”? (a) see (b) snail (c) soap
- 25.Which word has “oa”, like “boat”? (a) train (b) seat (c) soap
- 26.Which word has “ay”, like “stay”? (a) tray (b) toast (c) beach
- 27.💅 n_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ow (c) ai
- 28.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) snail (b) feet (c) yellow
- 29.Which word has “ea”, like “leaf”? (a) beach (b) boat (c) say
- 30.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ay (c) ow
- 31.Which word has “ay”, like “tray”? (a) crow (b) way (c) wheel
- 32.Which word has “ai”, like “tail”? (a) feet (b) yellow (c) wait
- 33.Which word has “ow”, like “slow”? (a) play (b) eat (c) crow
- 34.Which word has “ee”, like “sweet”? (a) pillow (b) mail (c) cheese
- 35.🦶 f_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ow (b) ay (c) ee
- 36.Which word has “ea”, like “peach”? (a) goat (b) snail (c) eat
- 37.Which word has “ea”, like “dream”? (a) yellow (b) leaf (c) rain
- 38.Which word has “oa”, like “toast”? (a) wheel (b) soap (c) day
- 39.Which word has “ow”, like “window”? (a) sea (b) sail (c) pillow
- 40.Which word has “ai”, like “sail”? (a) rain (b) sheep (c) soap
Answer key
- oa
- ea
- snow
- leaf
- ai
- tail
- ee
- ee
- slow
- goat
- sea
- ee
- ee
- ow
- ee
- ee
- oa
- ow
- snail
- ee
- tree
- ow
- crayon
- snail
- soap
- tray
- ai
- yellow
- beach
- ea
- way
- wait
- crow
- cheese
- ee
- eat
- leaf
- soap
- pillow
- rain
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