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) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) corn (c) guitar
- 3.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 4.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) turtle (c) circus
- 6.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 7.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 8.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) guitar (c) turtle
- 10.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 11.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) thermometer (c) popcorn
- 13.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) dart (c) purple
- 15.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
- 16.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
- 17.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
- 18.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) furk (c) fork
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) scarf (c) bird
- 20.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
- 21.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) curn (c) carn
- 22.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 23.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) paper (c) turtle
- 25.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 26.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 27.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 28.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shurk (b) shork (c) shark
- 29.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) popcorn (c) star
- 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) computer
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) butter (c) turtle
- 33.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) jar (c) circle
- 35.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
- 36.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) dart
- 38.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) yarn (c) computer
- 40.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
Answer key
- burger
- corn
- ur
- ar
- circus
- or
- er
- ar
- turtle
- ar
- ur
- thermometer
- ir
- dart
- spider
- girl
- star
- fork
- fork
- bird
- corn
- or
- circus
- star
- yarn
- or
- or
- shark
- er
- third
- torch
- butter
- turtle
- jar
- flower
- turkey
- popcorn
- ur
- yarn
- ir
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