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 “or”? (a) torch (b) ladder (c) purple
- 2.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 3.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 4.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 5.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
- 6.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 7.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
- 8.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) dart (c) turkey
- 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) fork (c) turkey
- 11.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 12.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 13.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 14.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 15.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 16.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shurk (b) shork (c) shark
- 17.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 18.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
- 19.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) stur
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) guitar (c) girl
- 21.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jur (b) jar (c) jor
- 22.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 23.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 24.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
- 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) tiger (c) torch
- 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) girl (c) paper
- 27.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cir (c) car
- 28.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 29.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) turtle (c) thermometer
- 31.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) tiger
- 33.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
- 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) spider
- 35.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
- 36.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 37.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 38.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) purple (c) circle
- 40.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
Answer key
- torch
- ar
- ar
- er
- computer
- or
- circle
- or
- dart
- car
- er
- ir
- ir
- ir
- or
- shark
- or
- third
- star
- paper
- jar
- yarn
- purple
- ladder
- tiger
- fork
- car
- er
- ar
- thermometer
- ur
- turkey
- thermometer
- turtle
- fork
- ir
- ar
- ur
- purple
- er
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