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) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
- 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) burger (c) flower
- 3.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) burger (c) unicorn
- 5.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 6.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dart (c) dort
- 7.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) popcorn (c) scarf
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) butter
- 10.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
- 11.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 12.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) shirk
- 13.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) yarn (c) circle
- 15.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 16.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) hammer (c) purple
- 18.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 19.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 20.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) butter (c) shark
- 22.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) unicorn (c) dart
- 24.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcern
- 25.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guiter (c) guitar
- 26.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
- 27.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 28.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 29.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jer (c) jar
- 30.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 31.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) spider (c) car
- 33.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 34.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 35.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cirn (c) corn
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) first (c) guitar
- 37.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
- 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) hammer
- 39.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
- 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) popcorn (c) turkey
Answer key
- butter
- popcorn
- ar
- circle
- er
- dart
- spider
- scarf
- fork
- girl
- ur
- shark
- ar
- turtle
- or
- or
- purple
- ur
- er
- or
- butter
- er
- dart
- popcorn
- guitar
- ladder
- er
- er
- jar
- ar
- computer
- spider
- burger
- ur
- corn
- guitar
- star
- hammer
- car
- turkey
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