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) circle (b) shark (c) corn
- 2.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 3.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
- 4.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) corn (c) burger
- 6.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 7.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) torch (c) bird
- 9.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
- 10.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 11.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) jar (c) turkey
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) fork (c) computer
- 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) third (c) yarn
- 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) corn (c) dart
- 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) flower (c) fork
- 17.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
- 18.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) fork (c) purple
- 20.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fork (c) fark
- 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) spider (c) dart
- 22.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 23.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 24.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 25.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 26.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jir
- 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) burger (c) yarn
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) flower (c) fork
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) girl (c) shark
- 30.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 31.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) curn
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) scarf (c) unicorn
- 33.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) ladder (c) circus
- 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) circle (c) fork
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) ladder (c) popcorn
- 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) girl (c) flower
- 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) tiger (c) torch
- 39.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 40.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcirn (c) popcorn
Answer key
- corn
- purple
- paper
- ar
- burger
- or
- circle
- torch
- spider
- ir
- or
- jar
- guitar
- butter
- third
- first
- turkey
- girl
- purple
- fork
- turkey
- ur
- er
- ir
- ur
- jar
- circus
- flower
- shark
- turtle
- corn
- unicorn
- ur
- turtle
- fork
- ladder
- girl
- tiger
- or
- popcorn
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