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) popcern (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 2.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) turtle (c) car
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) computer (c) guitar
- 5.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) unicorn (c) burger
- 7.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
- 8.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 9.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 10.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) turkey (c) circle
- 12.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) bird (c) guitar
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) unicorn (c) dart
- 15.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 16.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) firk
- 17.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 18.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 19.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) corn (c) circle
- 21.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
- 22.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) thermometer (c) corn
- 24.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yorn (c) yarn
- 25.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 26.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) cor (c) car
- 27.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 28.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 29.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) purple (c) circus
- 31.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 32.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
- 33.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) unicorn (c) tiger
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) turtle (c) car
- 36.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 37.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
- 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) ladder
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) popcorn (c) bird
- 40.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
Answer key
- popcorn
- ur
- girl
- computer
- er
- burger
- butter
- unicorn
- ur
- circle
- turkey
- tiger
- bird
- dart
- ar
- fork
- er
- or
- or
- circle
- circus
- or
- corn
- yarn
- er
- car
- or
- ur
- er
- flower
- er
- third
- first
- tiger
- car
- girl
- spider
- turtle
- shark
- ir
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