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_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 2.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 3.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
- 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) jar (c) third
- 5.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
- 6.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) girl (c) scarf
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) corn (c) turtle
- 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) thermometer (c) turkey
- 10.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
- 11.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitur (c) guitor
- 12.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
- 13.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 14.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) yarn (c) corn
- 16.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
- 17.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 18.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 19.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) popcorn (c) burger
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) unicorn (c) bird
- 22.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stur
- 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) burger (c) first
- 24.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 25.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) tiger
- 27.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) computer
- 29.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 30.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) popcorn (c) burger
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) torch (c) ladder
- 33.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 34.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 35.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) corn (c) carn
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) burger (c) jar
- 37.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) circle (c) star
- 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) ladder (c) popcorn
- 40.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
Answer key
- or
- ir
- butter
- purple
- flower
- ar
- girl
- corn
- turkey
- thermometer
- guitar
- tiger
- ur
- ar
- yarn
- purple
- girl
- or
- ir
- car
- guitar
- star
- burger
- er
- ur
- fork
- or
- computer
- or
- turkey
- popcorn
- torch
- er
- burger
- corn
- jar
- bird
- star
- ladder
- er
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