R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets
How the sounds work (The r changes the vowel): Spot the vowel + r: ar, or, er, ir or ur. Read it as one sound: c-ar, f-or-k. er, ir and ur sound the same, so learn which spelling each word uses: bird, turtle, tiger.
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- 1.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) spider
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) car (c) tiger
- 4.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 5.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) third (c) shark
- 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) circle (c) turtle
- 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) guitar (c) bird
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) guitar (c) turtle
- 10.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
- 11.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) circle (c) popcorn
- 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) butter (c) purple
- 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) burger (c) car
- 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) hammer (c) fork
- 16.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) thermometer (c) star
- 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) turtle (c) circus
- 19.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) burger (c) circle
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) third (c) dart
- 22.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 23.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) terch
- 24.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scurf
- 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) popcorn (c) scarf
- 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) fork (c) bird
- 27.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 28.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
- 29.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) turtle (c) corn
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) yarn (c) turtle
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) turtle (c) unicorn
- 33.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) car (c) spider
- 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) thermometer (c) corn
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) car (c) torch
- 37.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 38.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) corn (c) carn
- 39.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stir
- 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) circus (c) yarn
Answer key
- ir
- spider
- unicorn
- ar
- er
- shark
- turtle
- bird
- guitar
- computer
- burger
- circle
- purple
- burger
- hammer
- ar
- fork
- circus
- purple
- jar
- flower
- ur
- torch
- scarf
- butter
- turkey
- ir
- butter
- ur
- third
- yarn
- thermometer
- ir
- girl
- corn
- car
- er
- corn
- star
- popcorn
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