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.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) star (c) girl
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) girl (c) yarn
- 4.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) first
- 6.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jer (c) jor
- 7.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) butter
- 9.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) thermometer (c) third
- 11.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) ster (c) stor
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) popcorn (c) turkey
- 13.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) firk
- 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) thermometer (c) fork
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) third (c) burger
- 16.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammer (c) hammar
- 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) fork (c) purple
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) star (c) circus
- 19.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) spider (c) unicorn
- 21.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 22.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) corn (c) carn
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) unicorn (c) first
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) circus (c) turkey
- 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) popcorn (c) paper
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) car (c) tiger
- 27.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shark (c) shork
- 28.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 29.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 30.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) flower
- 32.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 33.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 34.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
- 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) circle (c) tiger
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) star (c) tiger
- 37.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 38.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
- 39.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 40.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
Answer key
- ur
- purple
- yarn
- ladder
- turtle
- jar
- butter
- butter
- bird
- torch
- star
- turkey
- fork
- thermometer
- dart
- hammer
- fork
- star
- ir
- spider
- ur
- corn
- guitar
- corn
- paper
- first
- shark
- ar
- er
- ir
- flower
- ur
- ar
- third
- popcorn
- tiger
- er
- purple
- or
- girl
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