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 is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yern
- 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) third (c) turkey
- 3.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 4.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
- 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) burger (c) corn
- 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) bird (c) scarf
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) thermometer (c) jar
- 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) computer
- 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) ladder (c) torch
- 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) dart (c) paper
- 11.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
- 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) butter
- 13.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 14.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
- 15.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 16.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) corn (c) carn
- 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) burger (c) torch
- 18.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
- 19.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) car (c) unicorn
- 21.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 22.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) fork (c) scarf
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) shark (c) purple
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) first
- 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) fork (c) guitar
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) paper (c) shark
- 28.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 29.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) corn (c) butter
- 31.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thermometer (c) thormometer
- 32.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
- 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) car (c) bird
- 34.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
- 35.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jir
- 36.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 37.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) popcorn (c) girl
- 39.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 40.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) ferk (c) fark
Answer key
- yarn
- turkey
- or
- paper
- corn
- spider
- jar
- bird
- ladder
- dart
- computer
- popcorn
- or
- third
- or
- corn
- torch
- spider
- ur
- unicorn
- ar
- hammer
- flower
- shark
- first
- fork
- paper
- er
- ar
- car
- thermometer
- tiger
- turtle
- circle
- jar
- turkey
- ar
- girl
- ir
- fork
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