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) bord (b) bard (c) bird
- 2.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) circle
- 4.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) corn (c) flower
- 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) spider (c) scarf
- 7.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
- 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) third (c) jar
- 9.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 10.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) car (c) turtle
- 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) third (c) jar
- 13.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cer
- 14.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dort (c) dart
- 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) torch (c) jar
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) turtle (c) shark
- 17.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) purple (c) ladder
- 19.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 20.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 21.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fork (c) fark
- 22.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammar (c) hammor
- 23.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scerf (c) scarf
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) tiger (c) scarf
- 25.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
- 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) tiger (c) purple
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) girl (c) scarf
- 28.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guiter (c) guitor
- 29.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) ladder (c) first
- 31.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yurn
- 32.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) yarn (c) turtle
- 34.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 35.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) spider (c) circle
- 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) first (c) burger
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) shark (c) popcorn
- 39.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
- 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) star (c) corn
Answer key
- bird
- ar
- circle
- ir
- flower
- first
- butter
- third
- or
- ur
- car
- jar
- car
- dart
- torch
- turtle
- er
- purple
- ir
- er
- fork
- hammer
- scarf
- unicorn
- girl
- tiger
- scarf
- guitar
- ur
- ladder
- yarn
- er
- yarn
- er
- ar
- fork
- burger
- shark
- circle
- bird
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