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_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) fork (c) burger
- 3.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) firk
- 4.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 5.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) circus (c) burger
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) first (c) shark
- 8.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
- 9.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 10.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) paper (c) torch
- 12.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) ladder (c) guitar
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) car (c) girl
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) fork (c) turkey
- 16.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 17.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) third (c) torch
- 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) ladder (c) fork
- 20.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stir (c) star
- 21.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dart (c) dort
- 22.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 23.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 24.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) corn (c) thermometer
- 26.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
- 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) corn
- 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) yarn (c) turtle
- 29.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
- 30.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) purple (c) spider
- 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) fork (c) shark
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) corn (c) hammer
- 34.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) hammer
- 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) circus (c) torch
- 37.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) turtle (c) popcorn
- 39.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 40.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
Answer key
- ur
- burger
- fork
- ar
- er
- torch
- first
- butter
- ir
- spider
- paper
- ur
- guitar
- car
- jar
- girl
- ir
- third
- ladder
- star
- dart
- yarn
- or
- er
- corn
- corn
- turkey
- turtle
- tiger
- or
- spider
- bird
- hammer
- er
- girl
- circus
- unicorn
- popcorn
- ar
- or
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