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.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 2.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 3.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 4.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fork (c) fark
- 5.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 6.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
- 7.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
- 8.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
- 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) torch (c) burger
- 10.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 11.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 12.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) third (c) popcorn
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) tiger (c) turkey
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) car (c) flower
- 16.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 17.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 18.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 19.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) paper (c) fork
- 21.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 22.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cur
- 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) star (c) torch
- 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) circle (c) popcorn
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) turtle (c) unicorn
- 26.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) hammer (c) bird
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) popcorn (c) bird
- 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) star (c) purple
- 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) corn (c) girl
- 31.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) dart (c) tiger
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) yarn
- 34.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) fork (c) turkey
- 36.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) hammer (c) dart
- 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) yarn (c) circus
- 39.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 40.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
Answer key
- ur
- burger
- girl
- fork
- unicorn
- popcorn
- computer
- tiger
- burger
- er
- ar
- ir
- popcorn
- scarf
- car
- ir
- turkey
- or
- or
- fork
- ar
- car
- third
- circle
- unicorn
- thermometer
- jar
- star
- purple
- girl
- ur
- tiger
- corn
- ar
- turkey
- er
- hammer
- circus
- ir
- er
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