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) shark (b) sherk (c) shork
- 2.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 3.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) butter (c) car
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) hammer (c) turtle
- 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) purple (c) girl
- 7.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cirn (c) corn
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) butter (c) corn
- 9.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) dirt
- 10.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
- 11.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 12.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 13.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 14.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) star (c) butter
- 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) third (c) spider
- 17.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) car (c) bird
- 19.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
- 20.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 21.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 22.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) corn (c) scarf
- 24.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 25.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 26.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
- 27.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) scarf (c) girl
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) bird (c) ladder
- 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) dart (c) burger
- 31.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) fork (c) computer
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) thermometer (c) turtle
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) circus (c) purple
- 35.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 36.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) ster (c) stor
- 37.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jer
- 38.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) first (c) star
- 40.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcurn (c) popcorn
Answer key
- shark
- ir
- circle
- butter
- turtle
- girl
- corn
- corn
- dart
- bird
- ar
- unicorn
- ur
- or
- star
- spider
- ur
- bird
- fork
- ar
- ar
- burger
- burger
- or
- er
- ladder
- or
- scarf
- ladder
- unicorn
- ir
- turkey
- thermometer
- circus
- yarn
- star
- jar
- ar
- purple
- popcorn
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