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.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) flower (c) unicorn
- 2.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcirn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 3.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 4.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) spider (c) purple
- 6.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) popcorn (c) scarf
- 8.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
- 9.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) terch (c) tarch
- 10.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) durt (c) dart
- 11.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guitir
- 12.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
- 13.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yurn
- 14.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
- 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) turtle (c) fork
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) first (c) burger
- 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) turkey (c) dart
- 18.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 19.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) carn (c) corn
- 20.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) guitar (c) bird
- 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) fork (c) purple
- 23.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicern
- 24.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) star (c) third
- 26.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 27.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) star (c) corn
- 29.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) scarf (c) purple
- 31.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) jar (c) girl
- 33.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cur
- 34.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fork (c) fark
- 35.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
- 36.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 37.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) paper (c) scarf
- 39.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
- 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) popcorn (c) dart
Answer key
- unicorn
- popcorn
- bird
- ar
- spider
- ir
- popcorn
- first
- torch
- dart
- guitar
- circle
- yarn
- circus
- turtle
- burger
- turkey
- ur
- corn
- ir
- guitar
- bird
- unicorn
- or
- torch
- or
- girl
- circle
- ir
- purple
- ur
- thermometer
- car
- fork
- hammer
- or
- ir
- paper
- third
- flower
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