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.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 2.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 3.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) unicorn (c) car
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) purple (c) fork
- 6.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) cor (c) car
- 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) ladder
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) fork (c) purple
- 9.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 10.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
- 11.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) durt
- 12.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guiter
- 13.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
- 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) popcorn (c) girl
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) unicorn (c) turkey
- 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) unicorn (c) bird
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) thermometer (c) torch
- 18.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 19.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) girl (c) turtle
- 21.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) turkey (c) computer
- 23.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
- 24.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
- 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) turtle (c) ladder
- 26.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) bird (c) burger
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) popcorn (c) star
- 29.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 30.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) turkey (c) popcorn
- 32.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 33.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
- 34.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
- 35.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 36.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 37.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
- 38.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 39.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 40.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
Answer key
- or
- ar
- ladder
- unicorn
- guitar
- car
- corn
- fork
- or
- girl
- dart
- guitar
- fork
- girl
- yarn
- bird
- thermometer
- ur
- ur
- paper
- turkey
- computer
- star
- paper
- turtle
- er
- torch
- star
- er
- ar
- butter
- ar
- thermometer
- butter
- or
- or
- circus
- turtle
- ur
- ur
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