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) fork (b) firk (c) fark
- 2.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) turtle (c) torch
- 4.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
- 5.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 6.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 7.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) turkey (c) girl
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) purple (c) computer
- 10.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 11.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cer
- 12.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yirn (c) yorn
- 13.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 14.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
- 15.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicirn (c) unicorn
- 16.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
- 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) first (c) car
- 18.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) guitar (c) butter
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) popcorn (c) flower
- 21.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) turch
- 22.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
- 23.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) carn (c) corn
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) turtle (c) fork
- 25.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 26.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) thermometer (c) turkey
- 28.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
- 29.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 30.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
- 31.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) thermometer (c) jar
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) turtle (c) unicorn
- 34.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) purple (c) thermometer
- 36.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) durt
- 37.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) fork (c) car
- 39.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
- 40.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
Answer key
- fork
- or
- bird
- star
- or
- turtle
- ar
- tiger
- yarn
- er
- car
- yarn
- ur
- tiger
- unicorn
- ladder
- torch
- ar
- guitar
- popcorn
- torch
- circus
- corn
- fork
- er
- third
- thermometer
- circle
- ir
- popcorn
- ar
- jar
- unicorn
- turkey
- purple
- dart
- er
- car
- flower
- burger
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