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 has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) torch (c) shark
- 2.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 3.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 4.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 5.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) flower (c) third
- 7.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stir (c) stor
- 8.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 9.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 10.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) jar (c) butter
- 12.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
- 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) spider (c) guitar
- 14.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) torch (c) turkey
- 16.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
- 17.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 18.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) third (c) torch
- 20.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) jar (c) third
- 22.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) durt
- 23.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) butter
- 25.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jir
- 26.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) purple (c) bird
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) dart (c) circle
- 29.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
- 30.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) guitar (c) butter
- 32.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cern
- 33.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
- 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) purple (c) guitar
- 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) popcorn (c) bird
- 36.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) yarn (c) bird
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) car (c) corn
- 39.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) unicorn (c) ladder
Answer key
- shark
- purple
- turtle
- ir
- ir
- flower
- star
- girl
- ur
- ur
- butter
- popcorn
- spider
- ir
- turkey
- burger
- or
- ir
- torch
- ladder
- jar
- dart
- ir
- popcorn
- jar
- torch
- paper
- circle
- third
- er
- unicorn
- corn
- computer
- purple
- bird
- ar
- hammer
- car
- er
- burger
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