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 has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) turtle (c) car
- 2.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) furk
- 3.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) ladder (c) corn
- 5.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 6.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 7.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) star (c) unicorn
- 9.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 10.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) durt
- 11.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jir (c) jor
- 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) car
- 13.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
- 14.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 15.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
- 16.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 17.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 18.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 19.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 20.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stir
- 21.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) butter (c) torch
- 23.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 24.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 25.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) cor (c) car
- 26.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcern
- 27.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 28.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 29.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scurf (c) scorf
- 30.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) first (c) spider
- 32.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) butter (c) purple
- 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) girl
- 35.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitar (c) guitor
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) third (c) burger
- 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) torch (c) computer
- 38.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 39.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) scarf (c) girl
Answer key
- car
- fork
- ur
- ladder
- ir
- ur
- or
- paper
- first
- dart
- jar
- corn
- computer
- ur
- turkey
- ur
- or
- or
- er
- star
- ar
- torch
- ar
- ir
- car
- popcorn
- ir
- er
- scarf
- circle
- spider
- or
- purple
- unicorn
- guitar
- dart
- circus
- er
- purple
- hammer
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