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 “ur”? (a) purple (b) shark (c) circle
- 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) spider (c) star
- 3.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) star (c) butter
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) computer (c) turkey
- 6.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 7.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) circle (c) car
- 9.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) shirk
- 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) thermometer (c) yarn
- 11.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcern
- 12.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) guitar (c) turtle
- 14.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 15.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) burger (c) girl
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) spider (c) dart
- 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) fork (c) burger
- 19.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
- 20.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scerf
- 21.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicern (c) unicorn
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) fork (c) scarf
- 23.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
- 24.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 25.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 26.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) cor (c) car
- 27.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) turkey (c) corn
- 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) torch (c) girl
- 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) jar (c) spider
- 31.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 32.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) first (c) butter
- 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) circle (c) paper
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) burger (c) star
- 36.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 37.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitir
- 38.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 39.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 40.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
Answer key
- purple
- popcorn
- ar
- butter
- turkey
- er
- ur
- circle
- shark
- yarn
- popcorn
- er
- hammer
- ur
- turtle
- girl
- dart
- burger
- circle
- scarf
- unicorn
- tiger
- spider
- ar
- or
- car
- flower
- car
- torch
- circus
- ar
- ar
- fork
- corn
- star
- or
- guitar
- turkey
- er
- corn
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