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) burger (b) corn (c) hammer
- 2.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 3.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yern (c) yarn
- 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) first (c) turkey
- 5.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) computer (c) purple
- 7.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 8.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 9.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) first (c) hammer
- 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) third (c) purple
- 12.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 13.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 14.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicurn (c) unicorn
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) paper (c) star
- 16.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcurn
- 17.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
- 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) car (c) turtle
- 19.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) turtle (c) hammer
- 21.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 22.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) car (c) tiger
- 24.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) turtle (c) fork
- 26.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) spider (c) shark
- 28.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) turkey (c) scarf
- 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) computer
- 31.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) purple (c) paper
- 33.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) carn (c) corn
- 34.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 35.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 36.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) jar (c) butter
- 38.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 39.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
- 40.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
Answer key
- corn
- or
- yarn
- turkey
- first
- guitar
- ar
- ir
- thermometer
- first
- fork
- turtle
- or
- unicorn
- star
- popcorn
- girl
- torch
- ir
- hammer
- ur
- flower
- car
- or
- turtle
- ar
- shark
- purple
- third
- unicorn
- paper
- paper
- corn
- ar
- ur
- ir
- butter
- er
- third
- or
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