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) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 2.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
- 3.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
- 4.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) spider (c) unicorn
- 6.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 7.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
- 8.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 9.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) stor (c) star
- 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) dart (c) computer
- 11.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 12.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 13.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
- 14.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 15.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) spider (c) popcorn
- 17.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 18.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcirn (c) popcarn
- 19.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 20.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 21.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jer
- 22.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
- 23.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitor (c) guitar
- 24.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) purple (c) popcorn
- 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) bird (c) hammer
- 27.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 28.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) curn (c) corn
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) computer (c) circle
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) butter (c) turkey
- 31.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) car (c) cor
- 32.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) tiger (c) burger
- 34.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 35.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 36.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 37.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) shark
- 39.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
- 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) star (c) torch
Answer key
- ir
- girl
- turkey
- ar
- unicorn
- turtle
- paper
- er
- star
- dart
- ir
- or
- hammer
- ar
- purple
- popcorn
- ur
- popcorn
- ar
- or
- jar
- tiger
- guitar
- ar
- purple
- hammer
- ar
- corn
- car
- butter
- car
- or
- torch
- or
- ur
- ar
- burger
- shark
- third
- turtle
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