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) hammer (b) fork (c) first
- 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) popcorn (c) girl
- 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) tiger
- 4.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
- 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) corn (c) star
- 6.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) computer (c) star
- 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) corn (c) bird
- 9.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 10.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scerf
- 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) paper (c) girl
- 12.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) purple (c) torch
- 14.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 15.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 16.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcirn (c) popcorn
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) hammer (c) girl
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) turtle (c) dart
- 19.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
- 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) turtle (c) unicorn
- 21.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 22.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 23.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 24.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar
- 25.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 26.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dort (c) dart
- 27.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
- 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) star (c) first
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) butter
- 30.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 31.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 32.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 33.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicern (c) unicarn
- 34.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) popcorn (c) dart
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) unicorn (c) shark
- 37.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 38.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yirn
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) star (c) circus
- 40.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
Answer key
- fork
- girl
- tiger
- first
- corn
- ar
- third
- bird
- ur
- scarf
- torch
- or
- scarf
- er
- ir
- popcorn
- car
- dart
- spider
- turtle
- ur
- er
- ar
- computer
- girl
- dart
- third
- unicorn
- butter
- turtle
- or
- er
- unicorn
- turkey
- popcorn
- shark
- ur
- yarn
- star
- or
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