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.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 2.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 3.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) bird (c) burger
- 5.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 6.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stir (c) stor
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) spider (c) third
- 8.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 9.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 10.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
- 11.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) car (c) first
- 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) jar (c) spider
- 14.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 15.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 16.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) shark (c) corn
- 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) purple (c) ladder
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) circus (c) yarn
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) turtle (c) scarf
- 21.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
- 22.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) scarf (c) purple
- 24.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 25.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
- 26.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 27.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) star (c) fork
- 29.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dort (c) dart
- 30.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
- 31.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scorf (c) scarf
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) guitar (c) third
- 33.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
- 34.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 35.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 36.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
- 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) corn (c) tiger
- 38.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
- 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) scarf (c) circus
- 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) burger (c) dart
Answer key
- ar
- ir
- or
- star
- ur
- star
- dart
- ar
- ar
- burger
- third
- turtle
- spider
- er
- girl
- ir
- corn
- purple
- yarn
- tiger
- popcorn
- er
- scarf
- or
- circle
- ur
- er
- fork
- dart
- fork
- scarf
- guitar
- bird
- ir
- er
- purple
- girl
- computer
- turkey
- bird
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