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) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
- 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) burger (c) bird
- 3.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) shark (c) flower
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) dart (c) circle
- 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) car (c) tiger
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) circle (c) jar
- 8.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) shark (c) turtle
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) turkey (c) ladder
- 11.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) turtle (c) torch
- 13.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
- 14.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 15.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) thermometer (c) purple
- 17.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 18.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) carn (c) corn
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) yarn (c) spider
- 20.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 21.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 22.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 23.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 24.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 25.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) hammer (c) burger
- 27.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 28.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 29.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
- 30.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) sherk
- 31.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 32.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
- 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) corn (c) hammer
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) computer (c) circus
- 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) scarf (c) turtle
- 36.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 37.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) girl (c) butter
- 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) paper (c) popcorn
- 40.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
Answer key
- ladder
- burger
- er
- flower
- dart
- tiger
- jar
- ir
- shark
- turkey
- ur
- torch
- third
- ur
- purple
- corn
- ar
- corn
- yarn
- ar
- ar
- er
- ir
- er
- turkey
- girl
- bird
- ar
- circle
- shark
- turtle
- first
- purple
- circus
- turtle
- ar
- er
- unicorn
- popcorn
- ur
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