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 has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) car (c) bird
- 2.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 3.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) durt (c) dart
- 4.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) cor (c) car
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) turkey (c) ladder
- 6.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 7.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
- 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) burger
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) jar (c) unicorn
- 10.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 11.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) thermometer (c) turtle
- 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) corn (c) butter
- 14.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 15.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) car (c) fork
- 17.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yorn (c) yarn
- 18.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 19.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) fork (c) first
- 21.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 22.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 23.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) unicorn (c) star
- 25.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 26.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shork (c) shark
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) guitar
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) circus (c) corn
- 29.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) shark (c) burger
- 31.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
- 32.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) circle (c) dart
- 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) circus (c) shark
- 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) circle (c) torch
- 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) paper (b) corn (c) turkey
- 37.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
- 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) guitar (c) tiger
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) circle (c) fork
- 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) star (c) turkey
Answer key
- bird
- or
- dart
- car
- turkey
- ur
- hammer
- burger
- jar
- ur
- er
- thermometer
- butter
- ar
- first
- car
- yarn
- er
- or
- fork
- er
- ar
- turtle
- unicorn
- circle
- shark
- guitar
- circus
- ar
- shark
- flower
- or
- paper
- popcorn
- turtle
- corn
- tiger
- tiger
- circle
- star
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