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.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 2.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
- 3.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cir (c) car
- 4.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) purple (c) dart
- 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) guitar (c) popcorn
- 7.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 8.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yurn
- 9.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 10.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) purple (c) flower
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) circle
- 13.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) circle (c) unicorn
- 15.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 16.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 17.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) yarn (c) burger
- 19.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) star (c) turkey
- 21.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
- 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) bird (c) scarf
- 23.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guiter (c) guitor
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) turtle (c) dart
- 25.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
- 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) first (c) burger
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) scarf (c) girl
- 28.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 29.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
- 30.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) circle (c) hammer
- 32.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) bird (c) popcorn
- 34.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) turkey (c) ladder
- 36.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fark (c) fork
- 37.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcirn
- 38.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) star (c) popcorn
- 40.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
Answer key
- ur
- corn
- car
- ar
- dart
- guitar
- er
- yarn
- ar
- ur
- flower
- circle
- turkey
- butter
- purple
- ar
- ar
- yarn
- or
- star
- tiger
- bird
- guitar
- computer
- star
- unicorn
- scarf
- turtle
- flower
- ir
- hammer
- ur
- turtle
- ar
- car
- fork
- popcorn
- or
- turkey
- ir
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