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.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 2.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 3.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 4.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
- 5.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) scarf
- 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) shark
- 8.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcurn
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) dart (c) fork
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) circle (c) burger
- 11.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) purple (c) popcorn
- 13.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) car
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) corn (c) shark
- 16.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
- 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) dart (c) butter
- 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) girl (c) torch
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) computer (c) fork
- 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) star
- 21.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) computer (c) corn
- 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) bird (c) turtle
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) unicorn (c) ladder
- 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) burger (c) circus
- 26.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) star
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) turkey (c) hammer
- 29.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 30.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 31.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
- 32.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
- 33.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicurn
- 34.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
- 35.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
- 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) popcorn (c) third
- 37.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) butter (c) purple
- 39.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yorn (c) yarn
- 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) paper (c) circle
Answer key
- ir
- ar
- er
- spider
- ar
- scarf
- turkey
- popcorn
- dart
- popcorn
- or
- purple
- ur
- unicorn
- shark
- computer
- fork
- torch
- car
- girl
- or
- computer
- turtle
- ladder
- guitar
- circus
- star
- jar
- ur
- ur
- turkey
- girl
- unicorn
- tiger
- third
- third
- er
- butter
- yarn
- burger
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