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) ar (b) er (c) or
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) third (c) dart
- 3.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 4.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 5.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 6.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
- 7.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
- 8.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cir (c) cor
- 9.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) circle (c) scarf
- 11.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 12.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 13.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jar (c) jor
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) unicorn (c) turtle
- 15.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 16.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) tiger (c) shark
- 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) third
- 19.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 20.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 21.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) burger (c) yarn
- 23.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tirch (c) tarch
- 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) corn (c) flower
- 25.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 26.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 27.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
- 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) first
- 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) shark (c) flower
- 30.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yern (c) yorn
- 31.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 32.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 33.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 34.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) first
- 36.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 37.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
- 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) star (c) popcorn
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) star (c) fork
- 40.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
Answer key
- ar
- dart
- or
- ur
- ur
- tiger
- butter
- car
- turkey
- circle
- ir
- circle
- jar
- unicorn
- or
- girl
- third
- torch
- or
- or
- ar
- yarn
- torch
- girl
- er
- ur
- computer
- popcorn
- bird
- yarn
- ir
- purple
- er
- turtle
- fork
- er
- bird
- butter
- star
- fork
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