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 “ir”? (a) third (b) ladder (c) torch
- 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) thermometer (c) circle
- 3.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) girl (c) purple
- 5.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scarf (c) scorf
- 6.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) burger (c) star
- 8.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 9.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 10.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
- 11.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 12.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dert (c) dort
- 13.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) paper (c) jar
- 15.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 16.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 17.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 18.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 19.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 20.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) turtle (c) thermometer
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) scarf (c) butter
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) tiger (c) bird
- 24.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 25.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) bird (c) ladder
- 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) circle (c) paper
- 28.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 29.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 30.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) tirch (c) torch
- 31.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
- 32.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
- 33.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yurn
- 34.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 35.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) corn (c) scarf
- 37.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 38.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) carn (c) corn
- 39.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) torch (c) guitar
Answer key
- third
- circle
- ur
- shark
- scarf
- circle
- star
- ar
- ir
- computer
- ir
- dart
- burger
- turkey
- or
- or
- er
- er
- ur
- ur
- thermometer
- scarf
- corn
- ar
- ur
- bird
- fork
- ar
- ir
- torch
- third
- star
- yarn
- ar
- tiger
- ladder
- ar
- corn
- er
- guitar
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