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 “ar”? (a) turtle (b) guitar (c) flower
- 2.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) guitar (c) fork
- 4.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) girl (c) shark
- 6.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 7.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 8.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
- 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) girl (c) thermometer
- 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) flower (c) yarn
- 11.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 12.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scorf (c) scarf
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) dart (c) corn
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) thermometer (c) car
- 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) scarf (c) unicorn
- 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) fork (c) hammer
- 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) popcorn (c) hammer
- 18.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cern (c) carn
- 19.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tirch (c) tarch
- 20.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 21.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 22.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
- 23.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) turkey (c) tiger
- 25.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 26.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) burger (c) third
- 28.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dort (c) dart
- 29.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) ferk (c) fark
- 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) star (c) popcorn
- 31.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 32.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) spider (c) circle
- 34.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) computer (c) corn
- 36.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 37.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
- 38.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 39.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 40.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
Answer key
- guitar
- or
- fork
- ir
- girl
- or
- or
- butter
- thermometer
- flower
- ar
- scarf
- circus
- car
- first
- hammer
- popcorn
- corn
- torch
- turkey
- ar
- computer
- ar
- turkey
- bird
- turtle
- burger
- dart
- fork
- bird
- ar
- er
- spider
- ur
- corn
- or
- hammer
- circle
- er
- er
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