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) corn (b) cern (c) carn
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) burger (c) car
- 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) popcorn (c) ladder
- 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) butter (c) girl
- 5.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) circus
- 7.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) first (c) tiger
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) corn (c) spider
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) purple (c) circle
- 11.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) shirk
- 12.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 13.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 14.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) butter
- 16.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 17.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
- 18.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 19.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scurf (c) scarf
- 20.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dort (c) dart
- 21.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) purple (c) jar
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) first (c) scarf
- 24.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) circle (c) scarf
- 26.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
- 27.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 28.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 29.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 30.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 31.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) butter (c) bird
- 33.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) fork (c) car
- 35.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 36.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
- 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) unicorn (c) first
- 38.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) burger (c) bird
- 40.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
Answer key
- corn
- car
- ladder
- turtle
- burger
- circus
- er
- tiger
- corn
- popcorn
- shark
- turtle
- ir
- ur
- butter
- ar
- computer
- first
- scarf
- dart
- paper
- jar
- scarf
- circus
- circle
- butter
- er
- or
- turkey
- purple
- ur
- guitar
- er
- fork
- ar
- spider
- unicorn
- er
- bird
- bird
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