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) cor (b) car (c) cir
- 2.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) first (c) car
- 4.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
- 5.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 6.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) girl (c) shark
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) shark (c) tiger
- 9.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitur (c) guitor
- 10.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) circus (c) burger
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) corn (c) ladder
- 13.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
- 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) yarn (c) purple
- 15.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) furk
- 16.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 17.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
- 18.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) jar (c) popcorn
- 20.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) circus (c) butter
- 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) spider (c) torch
- 23.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jer
- 24.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 25.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
- 26.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) circus (c) unicorn
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) burger (c) girl
- 29.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) circle (c) scarf
- 31.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 32.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 33.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 34.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
- 35.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) star (c) stor
- 36.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 37.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) bird (c) star
- 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) jar (c) burger
- 40.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
Answer key
- car
- ar
- first
- flower
- er
- ur
- shark
- tiger
- guitar
- bird
- corn
- ladder
- butter
- purple
- fork
- ar
- torch
- turtle
- popcorn
- er
- fork
- torch
- jar
- ir
- girl
- ir
- unicorn
- girl
- ar
- turtle
- burger
- ir
- er
- spider
- star
- purple
- er
- star
- burger
- ar
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