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 “ur”? (a) girl (b) guitar (c) turtle
- 2.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
- 3.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 4.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) furk (c) fork
- 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) flower (c) torch
- 6.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yorn (c) yarn
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) circle (c) fork
- 8.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 9.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stir (c) star
- 10.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) scarf (c) tiger
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) bird (c) turtle
- 13.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) fork (c) third
- 15.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 16.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 17.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
- 18.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 19.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) turkey (c) shark
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) circle (c) burger
- 22.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitur (c) guitor
- 23.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 24.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicirn (c) unicorn
- 25.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 26.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 27.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
- 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) torch (c) circus
- 29.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 30.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
- 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) circus (c) burger
- 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) scarf (c) third
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) circus (c) popcorn
- 34.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 35.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 36.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tirch (c) tarch
- 37.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) star (c) computer
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) fork (c) bird
- 40.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
Answer key
- turtle
- computer
- ir
- fork
- first
- yarn
- shark
- ar
- star
- ir
- scarf
- hammer
- er
- fork
- ir
- or
- spider
- turtle
- burger
- unicorn
- guitar
- guitar
- or
- unicorn
- ir
- ar
- car
- torch
- circus
- third
- burger
- third
- spider
- girl
- er
- torch
- or
- computer
- bird
- ar
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