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) paper (b) turtle (c) guitar
- 2.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
- 3.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 4.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 5.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
- 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) purple
- 7.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 8.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) stor (c) star
- 9.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 10.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) shark (c) bird
- 12.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 13.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) flower (c) jar
- 15.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
- 16.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) ladder (c) girl
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) unicorn (c) bird
- 19.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) flower (c) jar
- 21.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 22.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scorf (c) scarf
- 23.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) sherk
- 24.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
- 25.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
- 26.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 27.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) dirt
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) star (c) flower
- 29.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cir
- 30.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicern (c) unicorn
- 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) torch (c) flower
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) turtle (c) paper
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) unicorn (c) turtle
- 34.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
- 35.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
- 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) burger (c) corn
- 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) purple (c) car
- 38.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 39.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
- 40.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
Answer key
- guitar
- fork
- ar
- ur
- butter
- purple
- girl
- star
- ir
- ur
- popcorn
- ar
- or
- jar
- third
- ir
- girl
- shark
- bird
- unicorn
- ar
- scarf
- shark
- torch
- ladder
- ar
- dart
- flower
- car
- unicorn
- torch
- paper
- scarf
- spider
- computer
- burger
- car
- ir
- first
- hammer
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