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) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
- 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) tiger (c) jar
- 3.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) burger (c) hammer
- 5.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stir (c) star
- 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) butter (c) unicorn
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) scarf (c) torch
- 8.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) flower (c) purple
- 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) turtle (c) shark
- 11.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scirf
- 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) purple (c) jar
- 13.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) guitar (c) corn
- 15.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 16.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 17.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 18.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
- 19.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cern
- 20.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) popcorn (c) dart
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) yarn (c) unicorn
- 23.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 24.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 25.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) popcorn (c) star
- 27.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
- 28.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
- 29.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitar (c) guitor
- 30.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
- 31.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 32.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 33.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
- 34.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 35.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yurn
- 36.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 37.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) purple (c) star
- 39.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jir (b) jor (c) jar
- 40.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
Answer key
- spider
- fork
- or
- burger
- star
- guitar
- scarf
- ar
- torch
- butter
- scarf
- jar
- third
- corn
- ir
- ar
- purple
- computer
- corn
- ir
- dart
- paper
- ar
- ur
- torch
- spider
- turkey
- first
- guitar
- ladder
- circus
- ar
- flower
- or
- yarn
- turtle
- er
- purple
- jar
- ur
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