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) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
- 2.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 3.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 4.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
- 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) turkey (c) spider
- 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) paper (c) third
- 7.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) circus (c) burger
- 9.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 10.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 11.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
- 12.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
- 13.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 14.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 15.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scerf (c) scarf
- 16.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 17.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) computer (c) bird
- 19.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcirn (c) popcorn
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) purple (c) fork
- 21.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitir (c) guitar
- 22.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) spider (c) burger
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) star (c) turkey
- 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) bird (c) computer
- 26.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) torch (c) butter
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) turkey (c) unicorn
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) circus (c) unicorn
- 30.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 31.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) torch (c) shark
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) star (c) hammer
- 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) popcorn (c) dart
- 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) flower (c) third
- 36.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
- 37.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yern
- 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) turtle (c) tiger
- 39.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
- 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) corn (c) thermometer
Answer key
- ladder
- er
- ar
- circus
- spider
- third
- er
- circus
- or
- ar
- paper
- flower
- ur
- ir
- scarf
- er
- er
- corn
- popcorn
- yarn
- guitar
- ar
- burger
- fork
- computer
- or
- torch
- hammer
- paper
- unicorn
- ir
- bird
- star
- turkey
- flower
- turkey
- yarn
- tiger
- torch
- thermometer
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