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 is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 2.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) scarf (c) hammer
- 4.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
- 5.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cer
- 6.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) paper (c) circus
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) circle (c) corn
- 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) butter (c) corn
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) flower
- 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) girl (c) hammer
- 12.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
- 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) car (c) turtle
- 14.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
- 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) thermometer
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) paper (c) third
- 17.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 18.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 19.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) curn (c) carn
- 20.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) furk (c) fark
- 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) tiger (c) popcorn
- 22.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) popcorn (c) hammer
- 24.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 25.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 26.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) bird (c) turkey
- 28.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 29.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 30.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) star (c) first
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) burger (c) torch
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) third
- 34.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
- 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) shark (c) spider
- 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) tiger
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) third (c) thermometer
- 38.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) turtle (c) yarn
- 40.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
Answer key
- purple
- or
- scarf
- tiger
- car
- er
- paper
- jar
- butter
- torch
- fork
- turkey
- turtle
- hammer
- purple
- unicorn
- ir
- ir
- corn
- fork
- third
- butter
- popcorn
- ar
- turtle
- er
- bird
- ar
- ir
- er
- star
- car
- dart
- spider
- spider
- burger
- thermometer
- ur
- yarn
- star
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