Vowel Team Syllables
Every syllable in a word has only one vowel sound. Sometimes the vowel sound is spelled with more than one letter. When this happens, the syllable is called a vowel team syllable. Vowel teams have more than one letter that stand for a single vowel sound. Vowel teams include:
- ai as in main
- ea as in reader
- ee as in breezy
- oi as in toil
- ou as in mouth
Vowel Team Syllables Worksheet
A. Divide each word into syllables. Underline the vowel team.
1. creature
2. rounded
3. straighten
4. beehive
5. spoilage
B. Read the words in each row. Circle the word that has the same vowel team as the word in bold.
6. sixteen sneeze teamwork
7. exploit smoothly moisten
8. leader maintain impeach
9. household below holdout
10. painful exclaim explanation
7. exploit smoothly moisten
8. leader maintain impeach
9. household below holdout
10. painful exclaim explanation