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_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 2.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 3.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
- 4.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) ladder
- 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) corn (c) car
- 7.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) turkey (c) butter
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) circus (c) car
- 10.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
- 11.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) furk
- 12.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 13.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) car (c) unicorn
- 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) girl (c) tiger
- 16.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 17.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stir
- 18.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
- 19.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 20.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 21.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 22.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) unicorn (c) butter
- 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) turkey (c) circus
- 25.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) sherk (c) shark
- 26.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) burger (c) flower
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) guitar (c) girl
- 29.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
- 30.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) purple (c) fork
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) shark (c) thermometer
- 33.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) tirch (c) torch
- 34.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 35.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
- 36.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) shark (c) purple
- 38.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 39.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 40.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
Answer key
- ur
- burger
- spider
- or
- fork
- corn
- paper
- scarf
- popcorn
- purple
- fork
- ur
- er
- computer
- tiger
- ar
- star
- ladder
- or
- circus
- ir
- ur
- unicorn
- turkey
- shark
- ar
- yarn
- guitar
- butter
- circle
- bird
- shark
- torch
- girl
- hammer
- ar
- purple
- er
- ir
- tiger
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