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 has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) thermometer (c) star
- 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) flower (c) unicorn
- 3.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) shark (c) corn
- 5.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stur
- 6.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
- 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) burger (c) butter
- 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) dart (c) first
- 9.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 10.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) firk (c) fork
- 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) fork (c) first
- 12.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jur (b) jar (c) jor
- 13.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guitir
- 14.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) hammer (c) popcorn
- 16.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) bird (c) car
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) tiger (c) circus
- 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) circus (c) flower
- 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) burger (c) circus
- 21.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
- 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) hammer (c) popcorn
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) turtle (c) bird
- 24.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scerf (c) scarf
- 25.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) computer (c) jar
- 27.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
- 28.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 29.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 30.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 31.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 32.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 33.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 34.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 35.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) durt (c) dort
- 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) thermometer (c) guitar
- 37.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 38.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcurn
- 39.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 40.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
Answer key
- star
- unicorn
- ur
- shark
- star
- third
- burger
- first
- ir
- fork
- fork
- jar
- guitar
- er
- popcorn
- circus
- car
- tiger
- flower
- circus
- bird
- turkey
- jar
- scarf
- ar
- turtle
- computer
- or
- first
- yarn
- er
- ur
- turtle
- ur
- dart
- corn
- or
- popcorn
- er
- circle
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