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 has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) dart (c) turkey
- 2.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) turtle (c) corn
- 4.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
- 5.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cir (c) car
- 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) popcorn (c) dart
- 7.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 8.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 9.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) car (c) hammer
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) computer (c) shark
- 12.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
- 13.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) torch (c) first
- 15.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dart (c) dort
- 16.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 17.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 18.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) furk
- 19.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
- 20.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 21.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 22.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 23.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) shark (c) fork
- 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) star (c) spider
- 26.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicurn
- 27.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) tiger (c) unicorn
- 29.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
- 30.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) bird
- 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) bird (c) burger
- 33.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 34.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) butter (c) turtle
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) scarf (c) unicorn
- 37.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
- 38.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
- 39.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) car (c) spider
Answer key
- first
- er
- spider
- circle
- car
- dart
- turtle
- ar
- or
- turkey
- shark
- first
- paper
- jar
- dart
- ar
- er
- fork
- butter
- ir
- or
- ar
- ir
- fork
- star
- unicorn
- third
- tiger
- burger
- ur
- bird
- burger
- ar
- ar
- turtle
- scarf
- bird
- flower
- ur
- torch
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