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) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 2.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
- 3.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
- 4.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 5.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
- 6.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) guitar (c) flower
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) dart (c) girl
- 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) dart (c) purple
- 10.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 11.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 12.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicern
- 13.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) ladder (c) car
- 15.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) torch (c) hammer
- 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) jar (c) torch
- 18.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
- 19.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 20.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) girl (c) turkey
- 22.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 23.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) sherk (c) shark
- 24.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 25.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) girl (c) corn
- 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) turtle (c) tiger
- 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) scarf
- 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) circle (c) popcorn
- 30.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
- 31.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dart (c) dort
- 32.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
- 33.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) popcorn (c) turtle
- 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) corn (c) car
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) bird (c) turkey
- 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) car
- 38.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
- 39.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 40.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
Answer key
- ur
- ladder
- flower
- ar
- popcorn
- turtle
- guitar
- dart
- purple
- er
- or
- unicorn
- ir
- bird
- purple
- hammer
- torch
- turkey
- or
- ir
- turkey
- or
- shark
- burger
- ur
- girl
- turtle
- fork
- circle
- circle
- dart
- tiger
- ir
- popcorn
- paper
- thermometer
- unicorn
- circus
- ir
- or
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