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) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) jar (c) fork
- 3.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 4.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) computer (c) shark
- 6.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 7.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cer
- 8.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 9.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) torch (c) yarn
- 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) shark (c) popcorn
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) first (c) butter
- 13.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
- 14.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
- 15.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 16.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) jar (c) burger
- 18.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shirk (c) shark
- 19.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) dart (c) butter
- 21.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) yarn (c) paper
- 23.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 24.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
- 25.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
- 26.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 27.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
- 28.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) star (c) tiger
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) ladder (c) star
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) first (c) unicorn
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) yarn (c) unicorn
- 33.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) bird (c) corn
- 35.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 36.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 37.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) bird
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) circus (c) butter
- 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) scarf (c) third
Answer key
- burger
- fork
- or
- unicorn
- shark
- ir
- car
- or
- fork
- girl
- popcorn
- first
- tiger
- first
- ur
- er
- circle
- shark
- ur
- dart
- thermometer
- paper
- or
- spider
- girl
- ur
- hammer
- torch
- tiger
- star
- yarn
- unicorn
- ar
- bird
- or
- circus
- ar
- corn
- circus
- scarf
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