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) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
- 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) star (c) turtle
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) burger (c) torch
- 4.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 5.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) purple (c) corn
- 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) torch (c) scarf
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) star (c) ladder
- 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) third (c) hammer
- 10.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
- 11.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) corn (c) third
- 13.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 14.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 15.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 16.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) corn (c) star
- 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) spider (c) turkey
- 19.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 20.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 21.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fork (c) fark
- 22.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 23.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) third
- 25.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammer (c) hammar
- 26.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tirch (c) tarch
- 27.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
- 28.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jir (c) jor
- 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) spider (c) corn
- 30.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scurf (c) scorf
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) turtle (c) bird
- 32.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
- 33.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 34.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcirn
- 35.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) third (c) thermometer
- 37.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
- 38.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
- 39.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) shurk
- 40.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) car (c) cor
Answer key
- ladder
- unicorn
- circle
- ur
- ur
- purple
- torch
- fork
- hammer
- third
- purple
- third
- ir
- ur
- er
- ar
- star
- turkey
- or
- er
- fork
- ar
- turtle
- turtle
- hammer
- torch
- butter
- jar
- corn
- scarf
- guitar
- girl
- ur
- popcorn
- ar
- thermometer
- thermometer
- burger
- shark
- car
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