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.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) flower (c) fork
- 3.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
- 4.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) flower (c) burger
- 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) jar (c) purple
- 7.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 8.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 9.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
- 10.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
- 11.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 12.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 13.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 14.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 15.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
- 16.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 17.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guiter
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) car (c) turtle
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) jar (c) unicorn
- 20.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) purple (c) bird
- 22.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) star (c) circle
- 24.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) girl (c) fork
- 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) computer (c) turtle
- 27.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cur (c) car
- 28.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) computer
- 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) circus
- 31.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) curn (c) corn
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) torch (c) flower
- 33.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 34.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 35.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shark (c) shork
- 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) purple (c) corn
- 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) purple (c) guitar
- 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) first (c) unicorn
- 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) shark
- 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) purple (c) yarn
Answer key
- ir
- fork
- hammer
- first
- corn
- purple
- or
- ur
- popcorn
- computer
- or
- ir
- ir
- torch
- bird
- ir
- guitar
- car
- jar
- or
- bird
- ur
- circle
- ur
- girl
- turtle
- car
- ladder
- computer
- turkey
- corn
- torch
- ar
- er
- shark
- circus
- guitar
- first
- unicorn
- spider
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