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.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) girl (c) turtle
- 3.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
- 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) burger (c) butter
- 5.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 6.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) circle (c) star
- 8.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) paper (c) star
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) car (c) turkey
- 11.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
- 12.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jir (c) jar
- 13.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) spider
- 15.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
- 16.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yirn (c) yorn
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) torch (c) dart
- 18.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dort (c) dart
- 19.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thermometer (c) thormometer
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) computer (c) guitar
- 21.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scerf (c) scarf
- 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) car (c) unicorn
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) jar (c) turkey
- 24.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 25.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) spider (c) torch
- 27.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
- 28.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 29.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) fork (c) jar
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) fork (c) third
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) fork (c) spider
- 33.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 34.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 35.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) paper (c) jar
- 37.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) tirch
- 38.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcirn (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
- 39.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 40.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
Answer key
- ar
- girl
- computer
- burger
- ur
- first
- circle
- ar
- star
- turkey
- girl
- jar
- ar
- torch
- circle
- yarn
- dart
- dart
- thermometer
- computer
- scarf
- unicorn
- corn
- er
- ir
- jar
- circus
- or
- ur
- circus
- third
- spider
- or
- or
- ar
- bird
- torch
- popcorn
- ar
- ar
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