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) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 2.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 3.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scerf (c) scarf
- 4.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
- 5.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 6.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 7.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) circle
- 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) flower (c) turkey
- 10.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 11.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 12.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yurn (c) yorn
- 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) circus (c) corn
- 14.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 15.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) unicorn (c) butter
- 17.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitar (c) guitor
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) jar (c) girl
- 19.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 20.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 21.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) turkey (c) star
- 23.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 24.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
- 25.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) scarf (c) turtle
- 27.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) sherk (c) shark
- 28.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 29.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 30.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) popcorn (c) third
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) circle (c) purple
- 33.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) unicorn (c) turtle
- 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) paper (c) girl
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) hammer (c) yarn
- 37.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 38.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 39.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 40.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
Answer key
- turtle
- ar
- scarf
- bird
- or
- ur
- ar
- circle
- turkey
- ur
- ar
- yarn
- corn
- or
- first
- unicorn
- guitar
- jar
- or
- ur
- ur
- star
- ar
- computer
- torch
- turtle
- shark
- er
- ir
- ir
- spider
- fork
- er
- circus
- paper
- hammer
- circle
- er
- purple
- er
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