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.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 2.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) hammer (c) torch
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) dart (c) spider
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) fork (c) scarf
- 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) burger (c) unicorn
- 7.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitir
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) spider (c) guitar
- 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) circle (c) computer
- 10.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 11.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 12.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 13.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) circle (c) flower
- 15.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 16.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scerf (c) scarf
- 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) circus (c) ladder
- 18.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) circus
- 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) car (c) turtle
- 21.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 22.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 23.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 24.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 25.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) star (c) first
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) ladder (c) third
- 28.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jir (b) jar (c) jor
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) turtle (c) third
- 30.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) star (c) fork
- 32.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
- 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) turkey (c) butter
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) jar (c) burger
- 35.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
- 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) dart (c) corn
- 37.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yirn (c) yarn
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) yarn (c) fork
- 39.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 40.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
Answer key
- ar
- flower
- bird
- spider
- scarf
- burger
- guitar
- unicorn
- computer
- ur
- ir
- circle
- or
- circle
- purple
- scarf
- purple
- circus
- circus
- turtle
- ur
- ar
- ar
- er
- ur
- fork
- shark
- jar
- hammer
- first
- star
- third
- turkey
- third
- star
- corn
- yarn
- yarn
- or
- girl
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