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.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jur (c) jar
- 2.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 3.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 4.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) butter (c) circus
- 6.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 7.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 8.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) bird (c) ladder
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) turtle (c) yarn
- 11.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 12.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) turch (c) tarch
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) circle (c) turtle
- 14.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 15.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 16.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 17.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
- 18.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 19.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) car
- 21.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) star (c) stor
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) fork (c) girl
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) popcorn (c) girl
- 24.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
- 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) computer (c) turkey
- 26.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 27.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 28.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
- 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) bird (c) torch
- 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) burger (c) bird
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) purple (c) yarn
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) popcorn (c) scarf
- 33.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) girl (c) purple
- 35.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) unicorn (c) bird
- 37.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) turkey (c) flower
- 39.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 40.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
Answer key
- jar
- er
- ir
- flower
- car
- ur
- or
- er
- burger
- turtle
- or
- torch
- circle
- ir
- or
- ur
- fork
- yarn
- ladder
- fork
- star
- butter
- popcorn
- computer
- turkey
- ur
- er
- bird
- torch
- bird
- yarn
- scarf
- ar
- computer
- er
- unicorn
- butter
- star
- ir
- purple
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