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) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
- 2.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dert (c) dart
- 3.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 4.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 5.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) firk (c) fork
- 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) bird (c) computer
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) turtle (c) circus
- 8.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 9.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stir (c) star
- 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) hammer (c) first
- 11.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) turkey (c) bird
- 13.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 14.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) thermometer (c) scarf
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) ladder (c) purple
- 17.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 18.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 19.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) unicorn (c) yarn
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) dart (c) thermometer
- 22.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 23.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) yarn (c) tiger
- 25.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) thermometer (c) purple
- 27.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) circle (c) guitar
- 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) turkey (c) unicorn
- 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) butter
- 31.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 32.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 33.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) shirk
- 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) first (c) turkey
- 35.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) flower (c) corn
- 37.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cur (c) car
- 38.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 39.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) bird (c) fork
Answer key
- flower
- dart
- first
- or
- fork
- torch
- tiger
- er
- star
- hammer
- spider
- bird
- torch
- ar
- scarf
- guitar
- or
- turkey
- ur
- ladder
- dart
- ar
- ar
- yarn
- yarn
- car
- er
- thermometer
- third
- burger
- ar
- er
- shark
- turkey
- girl
- flower
- car
- ur
- ir
- fork
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