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.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) unicorn (c) hammer
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) yarn (c) torch
- 4.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 5.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 6.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) turkey (c) torch
- 8.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) ster (c) stor
- 9.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guiter
- 10.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 11.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 12.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jir (c) jar
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) jar (c) turkey
- 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) torch (c) computer
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) computer (c) torch
- 16.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) flower (c) first
- 18.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) unicorn (c) hammer
- 20.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) guitar (c) butter
- 22.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) circus
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) girl (c) scarf
- 25.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
- 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) popcorn (c) car
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) paper (c) unicorn
- 28.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) burger (c) scarf
- 30.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
- 31.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 32.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 33.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 34.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 35.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) star (c) girl
- 37.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcurn
- 38.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
- 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) turkey
- 40.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) torch (c) tarch
Answer key
- er
- scarf
- yarn
- circle
- er
- or
- torch
- star
- guitar
- or
- er
- jar
- jar
- burger
- shark
- ar
- first
- ladder
- unicorn
- ir
- guitar
- ar
- turkey
- thermometer
- tiger
- popcorn
- paper
- er
- circle
- purple
- or
- turtle
- ir
- ur
- ur
- flower
- popcorn
- circus
- corn
- torch
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