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.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 2.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) scarf (c) tiger
- 4.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) burger (c) circle
- 6.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 7.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 8.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) car (c) thermometer
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) yarn (c) paper
- 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) bird
- 12.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 13.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
- 14.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cer
- 15.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 16.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 17.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) guitar
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) computer (c) burger
- 20.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 21.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
- 22.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) butter (c) unicorn
- 24.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 25.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 26.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) shark (c) corn
- 28.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
- 29.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
- 30.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yern (c) yorn
- 31.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
- 32.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 33.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 34.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 35.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 36.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
- 37.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 38.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) dart (c) unicorn
- 40.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
Answer key
- ar
- computer
- popcorn
- ar
- circle
- purple
- ar
- star
- car
- unicorn
- torch
- er
- burger
- car
- torch
- first
- er
- turkey
- corn
- er
- tiger
- ur
- star
- turtle
- girl
- ir
- shark
- flower
- popcorn
- yarn
- butter
- ir
- ur
- ar
- ir
- paper
- ur
- ir
- first
- third
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