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 “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) computer (c) dart
- 2.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicern
- 3.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcurn
- 4.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 5.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitur
- 6.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) bird (c) star
- 8.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jir
- 9.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 10.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 11.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) ladder (c) fork
- 13.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 14.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 15.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) scarf (c) corn
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) fork (c) flower
- 18.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
- 19.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) computer (c) bird
- 21.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 22.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 23.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 24.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 25.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) turkey (c) unicorn
- 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) turkey (c) star
- 28.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shirk (c) shork
- 29.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cern
- 30.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
- 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) popcorn (c) butter
- 32.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) butter (c) corn
- 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) scarf (c) fork
- 35.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 36.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
- 37.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stur (c) stor
- 38.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 39.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 40.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cir (c) cor
Answer key
- dart
- unicorn
- popcorn
- ir
- guitar
- ar
- turtle
- jar
- or
- ir
- er
- fork
- yarn
- ur
- ir
- girl
- flower
- computer
- purple
- computer
- ur
- or
- or
- or
- first
- third
- turkey
- shark
- corn
- circle
- popcorn
- circus
- corn
- purple
- ir
- paper
- star
- ur
- torch
- car
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