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) torch (b) tarch (c) tirch
- 2.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) fork (c) star
- 4.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 5.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 6.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitir (c) guitor
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) dart (c) corn
- 8.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
- 9.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) circle (c) turkey
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) car
- 12.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 13.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
- 14.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
- 15.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) yarn (c) corn
- 17.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) shark (c) torch
- 19.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) flower (c) turkey
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) tiger (c) turkey
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) thermometer (c) purple
- 23.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
- 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) popcorn (c) purple
- 25.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stir (c) stor
- 26.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 27.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) third (c) turkey
- 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) turtle (c) hammer
- 30.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) burger (c) guitar
- 32.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 33.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) fork (c) first
- 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) girl (c) spider
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) butter (c) shark
- 37.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) torch (c) paper
- 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) unicorn
- 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) jar
Answer key
- torch
- flower
- fork
- circus
- ar
- guitar
- dart
- popcorn
- ur
- circle
- car
- ar
- circle
- corn
- or
- corn
- er
- torch
- er
- flower
- tiger
- thermometer
- girl
- purple
- star
- ur
- ar
- turkey
- turtle
- turtle
- burger
- ir
- thermometer
- computer
- girl
- butter
- bird
- paper
- unicorn
- jar
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