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) shark (b) fork (c) hammer
- 2.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) tiger (c) circle
- 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) purple (c) unicorn
- 5.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) car (c) third
- 7.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) flower (c) purple
- 9.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) dart (c) burger
- 11.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 12.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 13.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guitir
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) unicorn (c) dart
- 15.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
- 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) butter (c) turtle
- 17.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 18.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) butter (c) unicorn
- 20.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 21.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
- 22.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) hammer (c) first
- 24.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
- 25.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 26.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 27.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 28.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) dert
- 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) star (c) bird
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) thermometer (c) burger
- 31.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 32.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 33.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 34.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
- 35.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) ster
- 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) girl (c) paper
- 37.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 38.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scerf
- 39.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yern (c) yarn
- 40.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
Answer key
- shark
- ar
- tiger
- purple
- ir
- corn
- er
- flower
- girl
- fork
- ir
- or
- guitar
- dart
- paper
- butter
- er
- ur
- unicorn
- ir
- circle
- ir
- first
- thermometer
- er
- ur
- or
- dart
- bird
- jar
- ar
- ir
- or
- bird
- star
- torch
- ur
- scarf
- yarn
- er
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