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) yarn (b) purple (c) corn
- 2.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 3.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) star (c) spider
- 5.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
- 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) fork
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) car (c) third
- 8.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 9.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 10.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
- 11.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
- 12.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jir (c) jar
- 13.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 14.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) furk
- 15.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) hammer (c) star
- 17.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dart (c) dort
- 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) burger (c) corn
- 19.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
- 20.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) popcorn (c) ladder
- 22.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) butter (c) jar
- 24.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) curn (c) carn
- 25.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 26.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
- 27.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) fork (c) turtle
- 29.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) ladder (c) jar
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) dart (c) girl
- 32.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
- 33.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) turtle (c) torch
- 35.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 36.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 37.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
- 38.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 39.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 40.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cir (c) car
Answer key
- corn
- turkey
- er
- spider
- hammer
- turkey
- car
- ar
- or
- circle
- bird
- jar
- unicorn
- fork
- burger
- star
- dart
- burger
- paper
- ir
- popcorn
- or
- fork
- corn
- er
- butter
- ur
- turtle
- ar
- ladder
- girl
- thermometer
- ar
- torch
- purple
- ur
- flower
- ir
- ur
- car
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