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) cer (b) cor (c) car
- 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) ladder (c) bird
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) hammer (c) torch
- 4.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
- 5.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) firk (c) fork
- 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) turkey (c) dart
- 7.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) purple (c) popcorn
- 9.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 10.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) shark (c) third
- 12.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scerf (c) scarf
- 13.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 14.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 15.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
- 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) third (c) jar
- 17.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 18.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stir (c) stor
- 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) burger (c) guitar
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) car (c) turkey
- 21.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 22.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jir (c) jar
- 23.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 24.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 25.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 26.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) turtle (c) popcorn
- 28.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
- 29.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 30.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
- 31.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 32.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) butter
- 34.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 35.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 36.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) turtle (c) scarf
- 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) circle
- 39.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) fork (c) car
Answer key
- car
- ladder
- shark
- girl
- fork
- butter
- ur
- purple
- ar
- er
- third
- scarf
- ir
- ur
- circle
- paper
- ar
- star
- burger
- car
- ir
- jar
- or
- er
- er
- turtle
- turtle
- third
- torch
- butter
- first
- ur
- first
- ur
- ir
- er
- scarf
- circle
- er
- bird
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