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) carn (b) corn (c) cirn
- 2.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
- 3.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) star (c) stor
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) third (c) scarf
- 5.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shark (c) shork
- 6.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 7.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 8.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 9.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
- 10.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) paper (c) circle
- 12.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) turtle (c) popcorn
- 14.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cer
- 15.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) turch (c) tarch
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) first
- 17.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 18.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
- 19.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) scarf (c) circle
- 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) guitar (c) butter
- 22.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) bird (c) star
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) torch (c) tiger
- 25.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) purple (c) flower
- 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) burger (c) car
- 28.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 29.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 30.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 31.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitar (c) guitor
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) butter (c) circle
- 33.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 34.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 35.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
- 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) bird (c) turtle
- 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) burger (c) third
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) star (c) bird
- 39.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 40.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
Answer key
- corn
- flower
- star
- scarf
- shark
- burger
- or
- or
- hammer
- ar
- fork
- ar
- computer
- car
- torch
- purple
- ar
- spider
- unicorn
- circle
- turkey
- ar
- popcorn
- tiger
- er
- flower
- burger
- er
- turtle
- ir
- guitar
- dart
- ur
- ar
- first
- turtle
- car
- star
- er
- er
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