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) spider (b) spidar (c) spidor
- 2.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 3.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) jar (c) first
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) circus (c) popcorn
- 6.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) girl (c) turtle
- 8.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 9.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 10.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 11.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 12.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 13.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 14.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 15.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) car (c) cor
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) tiger (c) scarf
- 17.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
- 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) tiger (c) turtle
- 19.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 20.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dort (c) dart
- 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) bird (c) purple
- 22.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) corn (c) circle
- 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) third (c) corn
- 25.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 26.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) torch (c) star
- 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) first (c) scarf
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) dart (c) first
- 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) turtle (c) bird
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) yarn (c) butter
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) spider (c) circus
- 33.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) jar (c) butter
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) guitar (c) turkey
- 36.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcurn
- 37.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) ster
- 38.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) girl (c) star
- 40.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
Answer key
- spider
- ar
- or
- corn
- turkey
- ir
- turtle
- turkey
- ar
- ir
- turtle
- er
- or
- er
- car
- scarf
- third
- torch
- er
- dart
- purple
- ar
- tiger
- third
- ur
- bird
- star
- unicorn
- dart
- bird
- butter
- spider
- purple
- jar
- guitar
- popcorn
- star
- ir
- girl
- burger
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