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) guitar (b) turkey (c) corn
- 2.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
- 3.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 4.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 5.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dert (c) dart
- 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) butter (c) star
- 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) spider
- 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) turtle (c) shark
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) torch (c) third
- 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) burger (c) dart
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) shark (c) bird
- 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) torch (c) ladder
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) flower (c) girl
- 14.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) jar (c) purple
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) flower (c) star
- 17.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 18.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) purple (c) car
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) circle (c) yarn
- 21.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cir (c) cor
- 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) bird (c) turkey
- 23.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) corn (c) carn
- 24.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) terch
- 25.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
- 26.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammar (c) hammor
- 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) corn (c) bird
- 28.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 29.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scurf (c) scarf
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) guitar
- 31.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 32.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fark (c) fork
- 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) car (c) circus
- 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) star (c) first
- 35.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 36.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 37.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicirn (c) unicarn
- 38.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) star (c) stor
- 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) fork (c) shark
- 40.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
Answer key
- corn
- ladder
- ar
- ar
- dart
- butter
- fork
- turtle
- torch
- dart
- shark
- car
- girl
- girl
- jar
- star
- ir
- er
- purple
- yarn
- car
- turkey
- corn
- torch
- butter
- hammer
- bird
- ar
- scarf
- guitar
- or
- fork
- circus
- burger
- ar
- ur
- unicorn
- star
- thermometer
- or
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