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) turtle (b) fork (c) shark
- 2.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stir (c) stor
- 3.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicirn (c) unicorn
- 4.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 5.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 6.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) dart (c) circle
- 8.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 9.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 10.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) bird (c) burger
- 12.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 13.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 14.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cern
- 15.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) popcorn (c) flower
- 17.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
- 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) first (c) turtle
- 19.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 20.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) bird (c) paper
- 22.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) burger (c) unicorn
- 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) turkey (c) girl
- 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) purple (c) jar
- 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) turkey (c) ladder
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) turtle (c) computer
- 28.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
- 29.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) butter (c) dart
- 31.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) star (c) turkey
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) scarf (c) popcorn
- 34.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) turkey (c) torch
- 36.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 37.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
- 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) circus (c) ladder
- 39.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
- 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) tiger (c) purple
Answer key
- fork
- star
- unicorn
- or
- ir
- ur
- circle
- ar
- ir
- purple
- burger
- ir
- ar
- corn
- ur
- first
- paper
- turtle
- circle
- turtle
- paper
- burger
- unicorn
- turkey
- jar
- ladder
- computer
- butter
- bird
- butter
- er
- star
- popcorn
- ar
- torch
- er
- flower
- circus
- thermometer
- tiger
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