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.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 2.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
- 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) corn (c) circus
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) star (c) fork
- 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) girl (c) corn
- 6.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
- 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) torch (c) paper
- 8.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) star (c) stor
- 9.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 10.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) hammer (c) turkey
- 12.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 13.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) spider
- 15.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 16.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 17.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
- 18.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 19.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 20.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 21.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 22.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 23.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jir (c) jor
- 24.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 25.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yern
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) unicorn (c) dart
- 27.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) thermometer (c) star
- 29.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 30.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) turkey (c) jar
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) guitar (c) computer
- 33.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) carn (c) corn
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) dart (c) bird
- 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) purple (c) girl
- 36.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) car (c) cor
- 37.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
- 38.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 39.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcurn
- 40.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
Answer key
- ur
- third
- purple
- star
- girl
- girl
- torch
- star
- unicorn
- hammer
- hammer
- ar
- or
- popcorn
- turkey
- ar
- fork
- ur
- er
- ur
- or
- turtle
- jar
- circus
- yarn
- dart
- er
- thermometer
- er
- bird
- jar
- computer
- corn
- bird
- paper
- car
- flower
- or
- popcorn
- ir
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