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) purple (b) fork (c) jar
- 2.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammer (c) hammar
- 3.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 4.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) stor (c) star
- 5.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) bird (c) turkey
- 7.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 8.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 9.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 10.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) bird (c) fork
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) first
- 13.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) paper (c) unicorn
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) dart (c) fork
- 16.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jer (c) jor
- 17.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
- 18.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 19.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 20.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
- 21.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
- 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) unicorn (c) turtle
- 23.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 24.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) third (c) purple
- 26.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 27.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 28.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 29.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcern
- 30.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cirn
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) girl
- 32.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scarf (c) scorf
- 33.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) star (c) popcorn
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) yarn (c) purple
- 36.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 37.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 38.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) bird (c) shark
- 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) corn (c) first
Answer key
- fork
- hammer
- ir
- star
- er
- bird
- unicorn
- ir
- ur
- ar
- jar
- first
- ar
- circus
- dart
- jar
- spider
- ur
- or
- ladder
- paper
- unicorn
- er
- ir
- purple
- ar
- yarn
- or
- popcorn
- corn
- girl
- scarf
- er
- popcorn
- yarn
- er
- ar
- er
- shark
- car
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