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.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) ster (c) stor
- 3.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yurn
- 4.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cern
- 5.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 6.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
- 7.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) shark (c) paper
- 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) burger (c) corn
- 10.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 11.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) purple (c) circus
- 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) torch (c) flower
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) turtle (c) corn
- 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) popcorn (c) star
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) popcorn (c) car
- 17.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 18.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 19.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
- 20.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
- 21.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
- 22.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
- 23.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) girl (c) turtle
- 25.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitor (c) guitar
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) circle (c) dart
- 27.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) corn (c) computer
- 29.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) dert
- 30.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
- 31.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) first (c) hammer
- 33.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 34.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 35.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 36.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 37.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) guitar (c) corn
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) ladder (c) fork
- 40.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
Answer key
- or
- star
- yarn
- corn
- ar
- bird
- ur
- paper
- burger
- ar
- er
- circus
- torch
- corn
- popcorn
- car
- ir
- or
- tiger
- circus
- purple
- hammer
- ar
- guitar
- guitar
- circle
- er
- computer
- dart
- computer
- ir
- first
- ur
- or
- er
- first
- ir
- ladder
- yarn
- girl
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