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.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 2.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) dart (c) bird
- 4.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
- 5.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 6.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) ster
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) jar
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) fork (c) computer
- 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) spider (c) turkey
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) scarf (c) burger
- 11.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 12.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
- 13.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) shark (c) hammer
- 15.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 16.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 17.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jir (b) jar (c) jor
- 18.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) turkey (c) bird
- 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) tiger
- 21.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
- 22.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) flower (c) popcorn
- 24.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) unicorn (c) guitar
- 26.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) burger (c) yarn
- 28.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 29.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
- 30.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
- 31.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cur (c) car
- 32.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 33.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scorf (c) scarf
- 34.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 35.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) hammer (c) fork
- 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) girl (c) purple
- 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) tiger (c) fork
- 39.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
- 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) purple
Answer key
- ar
- ir
- dart
- hammer
- er
- star
- girl
- shark
- spider
- burger
- ir
- thermometer
- or
- hammer
- ar
- or
- jar
- ur
- bird
- turkey
- tiger
- turkey
- flower
- er
- unicorn
- er
- circus
- ar
- computer
- spider
- car
- ir
- scarf
- turtle
- first
- fork
- purple
- tiger
- purple
- popcorn
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