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 “ir”? (a) star (b) purple (c) girl
- 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) thermometer
- 3.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 4.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitar (c) guitor
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) scarf (c) corn
- 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) burger (c) spider
- 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) yarn (c) turtle
- 8.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
- 9.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) guitar (c) spider
- 11.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) bird
- 13.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 14.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
- 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) first (c) paper
- 16.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) yarn (c) burger
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) star (c) ladder
- 19.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 20.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scirf (c) scarf
- 21.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 22.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 23.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
- 24.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 25.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
- 26.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 27.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) unicorn (c) car
- 29.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 30.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 31.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) corn (c) guitar
- 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) paper
- 34.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) ster (c) stor
- 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) popcorn
- 36.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 37.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) thermometer
- 39.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
- 40.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
Answer key
- girl
- fork
- ir
- guitar
- scarf
- first
- torch
- third
- er
- unicorn
- ar
- turtle
- ar
- computer
- paper
- ar
- circus
- ladder
- or
- scarf
- er
- er
- torch
- ir
- butter
- ir
- ladder
- car
- ur
- ar
- ur
- flower
- turkey
- star
- purple
- er
- er
- popcorn
- circus
- burger
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