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.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) girl (c) butter
- 3.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jer
- 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) turkey (c) girl
- 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) popcorn (c) shark
- 6.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) spider (c) jar
- 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) yarn (c) thermometer
- 9.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 10.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 11.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) spider (c) circle
- 13.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) unicorn (c) turtle
- 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) fork (c) purple
- 16.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 17.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) dart (c) popcorn
- 19.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammer (c) hammar
- 20.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
- 21.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 22.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 23.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fark (c) fork
- 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) torch (c) dart
- 25.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 26.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) burger (c) ladder
- 28.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yirn (c) yorn
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) shark (c) ladder
- 30.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) turtle (c) corn
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) paper (c) star
- 33.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
- 34.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 35.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 36.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 37.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 38.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
- 39.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
- 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) butter (c) corn
Answer key
- ar
- girl
- jar
- turkey
- popcorn
- ar
- spider
- bird
- ur
- turtle
- er
- torch
- or
- turtle
- fork
- er
- or
- dart
- hammer
- tiger
- or
- or
- fork
- burger
- torch
- paper
- guitar
- yarn
- shark
- ar
- paper
- star
- star
- ur
- ur
- er
- ir
- third
- burger
- corn
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