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.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 2.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 3.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) burger (c) star
- 5.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 6.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) purple (c) jar
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) girl (c) purple
- 9.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 10.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) hammer (c) third
- 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) burger (c) computer
- 13.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 14.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
- 15.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitor (c) guitar
- 16.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 17.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
- 18.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 19.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 20.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) curn (c) corn
- 21.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
- 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) burger (c) scarf
- 23.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 24.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
- 25.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) turtle (c) third
- 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) dart (c) first
- 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) popcorn (c) thermometer
- 29.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 30.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
- 31.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) torch (c) turtle
- 33.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 34.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 35.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
- 36.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) fork (c) turkey
- 38.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) durt
- 39.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 40.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
Answer key
- ir
- ir
- flower
- star
- turtle
- or
- purple
- corn
- ar
- computer
- dart
- torch
- er
- circle
- guitar
- ar
- thermometer
- er
- ur
- corn
- car
- bird
- er
- torch
- or
- third
- first
- burger
- ar
- turkey
- ur
- circus
- circus
- ir
- fork
- ar
- turkey
- dart
- ir
- or
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