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) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) fork (c) third
- 3.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 4.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 5.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cer
- 6.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 7.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 8.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 9.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
- 10.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) furk (c) fark
- 11.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 12.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
- 13.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 14.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) popcorn (c) tiger
- 16.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 17.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) girl (c) torch
- 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) popcorn (c) turtle
- 20.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) girl (c) popcorn
- 22.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
- 23.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yorn (c) yarn
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) star (c) torch
- 25.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
- 26.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) popcorn (c) bird
- 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) spider (c) purple
- 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) spider (c) first
- 30.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) turkey (c) corn
- 32.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dirt (c) dart
- 33.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 34.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 35.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guiter (c) guitar
- 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) turtle (c) ladder
- 37.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) turtle (c) paper
- 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) circus (c) burger
- 40.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcirn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
Answer key
- turkey
- fork
- ur
- ar
- car
- er
- er
- ar
- computer
- fork
- or
- corn
- burger
- ir
- tiger
- ar
- first
- yarn
- third
- ir
- girl
- spider
- yarn
- star
- circus
- or
- bird
- purple
- first
- ir
- corn
- dart
- ar
- ur
- guitar
- turtle
- circle
- paper
- burger
- popcorn
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