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) popcarn (b) popcurn (c) popcorn
- 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) car (c) fork
- 3.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 4.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 5.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 6.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 7.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
- 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) turkey (c) butter
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) purple (c) scarf
- 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) spider (c) purple
- 11.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guitur
- 12.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) corn (c) girl
- 14.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 15.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
- 16.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stur (c) stor
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) turtle (c) unicorn
- 18.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) thermometer (c) tharmometer
- 19.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 20.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) third (c) torch
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) star (c) torch
- 23.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 24.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) purple (c) third
- 26.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 27.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) girl (c) shark
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) corn (c) turtle
- 30.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 31.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) unicorn (c) jar
- 33.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 34.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) dirt
- 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) computer (c) third
- 36.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) car (c) cor
- 37.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yirn
- 38.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) hammer (c) burger
- 40.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
Answer key
- popcorn
- fork
- or
- torch
- ur
- er
- third
- turkey
- scarf
- spider
- guitar
- ladder
- girl
- ir
- spider
- star
- tiger
- thermometer
- or
- girl
- butter
- star
- or
- tiger
- third
- ir
- or
- shark
- dart
- ar
- er
- jar
- er
- dart
- popcorn
- car
- yarn
- er
- burger
- turtle
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