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) car (b) first (c) torch
- 2.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) burger (c) fork
- 4.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 5.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
- 6.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 7.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 8.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 9.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scirf (c) scarf
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) tiger (c) dart
- 11.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) computer (c) scarf
- 13.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 14.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 15.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 16.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
- 17.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jir (c) jar
- 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) yarn (c) burger
- 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) paper (c) unicorn
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) girl (c) scarf
- 21.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) butter (c) dart
- 23.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) popcorn (c) tiger
- 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) ladder (c) girl
- 26.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) girl (c) ladder
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) bird (c) popcorn
- 29.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
- 30.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 31.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) turkey (c) tiger
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) flower (c) unicorn
- 34.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcirn
- 35.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) thermometer (c) fork
- 37.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
- 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) circus (c) turkey
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) fork (c) third
- 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) jar (c) purple
Answer key
- car
- computer
- fork
- turtle
- car
- or
- ur
- ir
- scarf
- corn
- ar
- computer
- ar
- er
- or
- tiger
- jar
- burger
- paper
- scarf
- ar
- butter
- er
- popcorn
- ladder
- torch
- torch
- bird
- hammer
- unicorn
- paper
- tiger
- unicorn
- popcorn
- butter
- star
- burger
- turkey
- guitar
- jar
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