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.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 2.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) corn (c) circus
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) car (c) unicorn
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) purple (c) tiger
- 6.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 7.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 8.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) turtle (c) torch
- 10.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) turtle (c) bird
- 12.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) purple (c) corn
- 14.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 15.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 16.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
- 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) corn (c) burger
- 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) guitar (c) popcorn
- 19.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) carn (c) corn
- 20.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) star
- 22.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 23.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 24.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scerf (c) scarf
- 25.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fork (c) fark
- 26.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
- 27.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 28.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yirn (c) yarn
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) butter (c) fork
- 30.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 31.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 32.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitor (c) guitar
- 33.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) paper
- 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) yarn (c) popcorn
- 36.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
- 37.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) turkey (c) star
- 39.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cer
- 40.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) ster
Answer key
- ur
- ar
- circus
- car
- purple
- er
- burger
- or
- torch
- ur
- turtle
- girl
- corn
- ir
- or
- flower
- burger
- first
- corn
- or
- unicorn
- ar
- ar
- scarf
- fork
- circus
- ir
- yarn
- butter
- ur
- purple
- guitar
- ir
- paper
- computer
- butter
- torch
- star
- car
- star
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