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.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) guitar (c) butter
- 3.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 4.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
- 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) fork (c) girl
- 6.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 7.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 8.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) third (c) yarn
- 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) fork (c) jar
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) turtle (c) torch
- 12.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
- 13.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) car (c) butter
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) paper (c) dart
- 16.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) burger (c) guitar
- 18.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
- 19.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) shark (c) popcorn
- 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) purple (c) guitar
- 22.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) yarn (c) computer
- 24.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 25.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
- 26.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 27.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 28.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 29.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) circus (c) purple
- 31.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) thermometer (c) purple
- 33.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
- 34.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 35.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 36.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
- 37.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 38.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) bird (c) turtle
- 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) circle (c) jar
Answer key
- ar
- butter
- or
- burger
- girl
- ir
- ur
- thermometer
- fork
- jar
- turtle
- turkey
- ur
- car
- dart
- torch
- burger
- tiger
- ir
- popcorn
- circus
- girl
- computer
- circus
- butter
- ar
- ar
- ar
- or
- purple
- ur
- thermometer
- fork
- ar
- er
- first
- ur
- er
- bird
- torch
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