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) jar (b) jor (c) jer
- 2.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcirn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 3.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 4.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) spider (c) burger
- 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) circle (c) tiger
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) popcorn (c) bird
- 8.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 9.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) scarf (c) popcorn
- 11.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
- 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) purple (c) torch
- 13.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
- 14.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitur (c) guitor
- 15.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 16.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) thermometer
- 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) turkey (c) fork
- 19.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) popcorn (c) turkey
- 21.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 22.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) bird (c) car
- 24.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scerf (c) scarf
- 25.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 26.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
- 27.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
- 28.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
- 29.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicurn
- 30.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) thermometer (c) jar
- 32.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 33.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) flower (c) purple
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) dart (c) torch
- 36.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) yarn (c) tiger
- 38.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 39.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
- 40.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
Answer key
- jar
- popcorn
- ur
- ur
- corn
- tiger
- car
- burger
- ir
- scarf
- circle
- torch
- ladder
- guitar
- er
- ur
- thermometer
- fork
- ur
- turkey
- er
- ar
- paper
- scarf
- torch
- fork
- thermometer
- first
- unicorn
- ar
- jar
- turkey
- ar
- purple
- dart
- turtle
- turtle
- bird
- purple
- ar
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