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.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 2.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) spider (c) purple
- 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) fork (c) circle
- 5.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yirn (c) yarn
- 6.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 7.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 8.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 9.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 10.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) yarn (c) turkey
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) thermometer (c) girl
- 13.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) third (c) jar
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) circle (c) guitar
- 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) bird (c) car
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) star (c) popcorn
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) turkey (c) dart
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) ladder (c) torch
- 20.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) ladder
- 22.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) computer (c) torch
- 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) turkey (c) girl
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) tiger (c) circus
- 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) jar (c) paper
- 27.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
- 28.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) turtle (c) girl
- 30.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) shark (c) corn
- 32.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 33.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) circus (c) butter
- 35.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 36.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 37.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scirf
- 38.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
- 39.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
- 40.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
Answer key
- ur
- girl
- popcorn
- circle
- yarn
- ur
- burger
- ar
- er
- ar
- flower
- thermometer
- turkey
- jar
- guitar
- bird
- star
- dart
- torch
- ar
- purple
- purple
- computer
- girl
- circus
- fork
- first
- turtle
- turtle
- ir
- shark
- or
- ir
- butter
- ar
- ir
- scarf
- fork
- star
- ar
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