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) dort (b) dart (c) durt
- 2.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) girl
- 4.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jar (c) jor
- 5.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) ladder (c) third
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) girl (c) shark
- 8.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) shark (c) circus
- 10.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) circus (c) turkey
- 12.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 13.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 14.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar
- 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) shark (c) burger
- 16.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 17.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) yarn (c) torch
- 19.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) spider (c) shark
- 21.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
- 22.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 23.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 24.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
- 25.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 26.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) stur
- 27.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 28.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) guitar
- 30.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) circle (c) burger
- 32.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) purple (c) tiger
- 34.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) bird (c) flower
- 36.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
- 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) turtle (c) jar
- 38.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
- 39.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) firk (c) fark
- 40.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
Answer key
- dart
- ar
- torch
- jar
- ar
- ladder
- girl
- ur
- circus
- ar
- turkey
- ar
- or
- computer
- burger
- ir
- turkey
- yarn
- ir
- shark
- popcorn
- unicorn
- purple
- ladder
- burger
- star
- er
- er
- guitar
- ur
- corn
- first
- purple
- ir
- bird
- third
- turtle
- tiger
- fork
- or
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