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.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) jar
- 3.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) hammer (c) guitar
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) scarf (c) computer
- 6.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcurn (c) popcorn
- 7.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 8.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
- 9.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 10.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 11.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) corn (c) carn
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) turtle (c) jar
- 13.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 14.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 15.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) turch
- 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) first (c) tiger
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) corn (c) yarn
- 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) first (c) dart
- 19.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
- 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) paper (c) burger
- 21.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
- 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) turkey (c) popcorn
- 23.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 24.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) ladder (c) shark
- 26.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
- 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) third (c) fork
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) flower (c) bird
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) circus (c) turkey
- 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) circus
- 31.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 32.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitor (c) guitar
- 33.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 34.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) flower (c) corn
- 36.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 37.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) girl (c) corn
- 39.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 40.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
Answer key
- ur
- jar
- ar
- unicorn
- purple
- popcorn
- turkey
- circle
- ur
- er
- corn
- turtle
- ir
- er
- torch
- tiger
- yarn
- first
- purple
- burger
- flower
- popcorn
- ir
- ur
- ladder
- circus
- fork
- flower
- car
- torch
- ar
- guitar
- ir
- ir
- corn
- er
- er
- girl
- or
- third
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