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.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) jar
- 3.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scirf (c) scorf
- 4.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) curn
- 5.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 6.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) thermometer (c) bird
- 8.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 9.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) purple (c) yarn
- 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) purple (c) guitar
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) torch (c) turkey
- 13.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
- 14.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicurn (c) unicarn
- 15.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
- 16.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 17.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) unicorn (c) girl
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) spider (c) circus
- 20.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) sherk (c) shork
- 21.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dort (c) dart
- 22.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) turkey (c) scarf
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) guitar (c) turtle
- 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) girl (c) dart
- 26.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 27.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 28.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcern
- 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) turtle (c) circle
- 30.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) shark (c) first
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) tiger (c) turtle
- 33.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 34.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
- 35.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
- 36.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) turtle (c) star
- 38.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
- 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) fork (c) butter
- 40.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
Answer key
- ur
- jar
- scarf
- corn
- or
- girl
- bird
- er
- first
- purple
- corn
- turkey
- hammer
- unicorn
- ladder
- er
- turkey
- yarn
- torch
- shark
- dart
- turtle
- scarf
- fork
- dart
- ir
- ir
- popcorn
- circle
- or
- first
- tiger
- er
- burger
- fork
- ir
- turtle
- paper
- butter
- torch
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