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.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 2.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) purple (c) car
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) car (c) paper
- 5.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
- 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) fork (c) jar
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) circus (c) corn
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) scarf (c) computer
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) first (c) shark
- 10.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scirf (c) scorf
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) scarf (c) turtle
- 12.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) turkey (c) corn
- 14.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 15.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) guitar (c) turtle
- 17.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) tiger (c) purple
- 19.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 20.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 21.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stir
- 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) popcorn (c) spider
- 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) girl (c) purple
- 24.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) burger (c) bird
- 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) torch (c) third
- 27.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) jar (c) turkey
- 29.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 30.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) corn (c) carn
- 31.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) flower (c) dart
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) star (c) hammer
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) corn (c) girl
- 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) guitar (c) corn
- 36.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 37.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 38.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicurn
- 39.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 40.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
Answer key
- ar
- or
- purple
- paper
- hammer
- flower
- circus
- scarf
- first
- scarf
- computer
- ir
- turkey
- ir
- or
- ladder
- fork
- car
- or
- or
- star
- popcorn
- girl
- er
- burger
- torch
- or
- third
- ur
- corn
- er
- dart
- star
- yarn
- corn
- ur
- girl
- unicorn
- ar
- purple
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