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) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 2.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) car (c) cor
- 3.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) turtle (c) paper
- 5.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) corn (c) tiger
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) corn (c) purple
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) spider (c) unicorn
- 9.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) circle (c) purple
- 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) scarf (c) first
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) tiger (c) scarf
- 13.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jir (b) jar (c) jor
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) circus
- 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) circle (c) paper
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) burger (c) unicorn
- 17.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 18.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) bird (c) corn
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) bird (c) spider
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) torch (c) star
- 22.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
- 23.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
- 24.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dort (c) dart
- 25.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yorn (c) yarn
- 26.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scurf (b) scarf (c) scorf
- 27.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guiter
- 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) jar (c) hammer
- 29.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 30.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) ster (c) stor
- 31.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) butter
- 33.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 34.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 35.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammar (c) hammor
- 36.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) furk (c) fark
- 37.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 38.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) hammer (c) circus
- 40.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
Answer key
- ur
- car
- ar
- paper
- ar
- scarf
- yarn
- car
- ar
- purple
- first
- tiger
- jar
- unicorn
- circle
- guitar
- first
- ir
- bird
- fork
- torch
- paper
- torch
- dart
- yarn
- scarf
- guitar
- turtle
- turtle
- star
- ar
- butter
- or
- er
- hammer
- fork
- er
- turkey
- circus
- er
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