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) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 3.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) terch
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) star
- 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) first (c) turkey
- 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) corn (c) girl
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) girl
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) torch (c) circus
- 9.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 10.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) dirt
- 11.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) shark (c) unicorn
- 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) star (c) paper
- 14.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) burger (c) scarf
- 16.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 17.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 18.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) yarn
- 20.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) corn (c) carn
- 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) burger (c) spider
- 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) ladder (c) third
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) butter (c) turkey
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) tiger (c) scarf
- 25.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 26.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jir
- 27.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 28.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) sherk
- 29.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yern
- 30.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scirf
- 31.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fark (c) fork
- 32.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
- 33.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 34.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) tiger (c) circle
- 36.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) popcorn (c) circle
- 38.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 39.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
- 40.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
Answer key
- ur
- turtle
- torch
- star
- first
- corn
- girl
- car
- ur
- dart
- ur
- unicorn
- turtle
- or
- scarf
- or
- ar
- hammer
- yarn
- corn
- burger
- turkey
- torch
- tiger
- unicorn
- jar
- burger
- shark
- yarn
- scarf
- fork
- thermometer
- or
- er
- circle
- ar
- popcorn
- ir
- tiger
- ladder
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