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.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) turkey (c) popcorn
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) unicorn (c) yarn
- 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) circle (c) purple
- 5.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
- 6.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) hammer (c) purple
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) first (c) thermometer
- 9.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) torch (c) purple
- 11.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 12.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 13.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 14.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 15.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 16.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shark (c) shork
- 17.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 18.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 19.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yern
- 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) fork (c) burger
- 21.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 22.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) car (c) turkey
- 24.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 25.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 26.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) guitar (c) popcorn
- 28.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) star (c) stor
- 29.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) car
- 31.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cirn
- 32.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 33.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 34.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 35.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cer (c) cor
- 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) spider (c) jar
- 37.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) first (c) popcorn
- 39.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 40.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dart (c) dort
Answer key
- or
- shark
- yarn
- circle
- butter
- or
- hammer
- thermometer
- torch
- purple
- ar
- ur
- ur
- er
- purple
- shark
- ar
- turkey
- yarn
- first
- or
- ar
- car
- circus
- er
- er
- popcorn
- star
- ir
- turtle
- corn
- burger
- ir
- turtle
- car
- burger
- ur
- tiger
- ar
- dart
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