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.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 2.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) shark (c) fork
- 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) yarn
- 5.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 6.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 7.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
- 8.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) bird
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) circle (c) turtle
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) ladder (c) corn
- 12.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 13.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
- 14.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) unicorn (c) circle
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) turkey (c) thermometer
- 17.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 18.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
- 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) guitar (c) corn
- 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) burger (c) fork
- 21.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 22.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
- 23.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) popcorn (c) turtle
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) jar (c) turtle
- 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) dart (c) flower
- 27.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) ster
- 28.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) curn (c) carn
- 29.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
- 30.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 31.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) corn (c) tiger
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) unicorn (c) hammer
- 34.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
- 35.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 36.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) shark (c) tiger
- 38.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 39.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 40.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
Answer key
- er
- ur
- fork
- purple
- or
- ir
- hammer
- ar
- popcorn
- circle
- ladder
- or
- circle
- er
- dart
- turkey
- ar
- circus
- spider
- burger
- turkey
- butter
- ir
- turtle
- girl
- corn
- star
- corn
- ladder
- ir
- computer
- jar
- hammer
- paper
- or
- popcorn
- tiger
- first
- ur
- ur
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