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 “or”? (a) popcorn (b) circle (c) car
- 2.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 3.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) jar (c) circle
- 5.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
- 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) yarn (c) hammer
- 7.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 8.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) ster (c) stor
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) torch (c) dart
- 10.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) star (c) butter
- 12.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) tiger (c) torch
- 14.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
- 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) guitar (c) first
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) scarf (c) torch
- 17.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 18.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) burger (c) guitar
- 20.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 21.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) bird
- 23.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jer (c) jor
- 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) corn (c) turkey
- 25.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) turtle (c) car
- 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) girl (c) tiger
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) turkey (c) computer
- 29.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 30.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 31.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
- 32.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 33.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 34.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 35.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) turtle (c) bird
- 37.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 38.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 39.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) purple (c) third
Answer key
- popcorn
- turkey
- ur
- jar
- spider
- hammer
- ar
- star
- torch
- bird
- star
- turtle
- scarf
- first
- turtle
- burger
- ur
- ir
- guitar
- or
- ur
- fork
- jar
- turkey
- torch
- car
- girl
- computer
- ar
- er
- computer
- ar
- ur
- girl
- or
- bird
- er
- ir
- ir
- unicorn
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