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.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 2.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) burger (c) corn
- 4.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) ladder (c) scarf
- 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) car (c) first
- 7.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 8.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shirk (c) shark
- 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) computer (c) purple
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) flower (c) turtle
- 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) shark (c) torch
- 12.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) scarf (c) unicorn
- 14.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) star (c) turtle
- 16.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 17.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) girl (c) turtle
- 19.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 20.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) turtle (c) ladder
- 22.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 23.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 24.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 25.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) thermometer
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) hammer (c) turkey
- 28.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
- 29.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 30.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) tirch (c) torch
- 31.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 32.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
- 33.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitar (c) guitor
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) tiger (c) turkey
- 35.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 36.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 37.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) third (c) guitar
- 39.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 40.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
Answer key
- ar
- unicorn
- burger
- ir
- scarf
- car
- ur
- shark
- purple
- turtle
- torch
- turkey
- unicorn
- bird
- star
- or
- ur
- corn
- ur
- ar
- ladder
- or
- burger
- er
- thermometer
- bird
- hammer
- corn
- purple
- torch
- ir
- first
- guitar
- tiger
- er
- ur
- ar
- third
- or
- ladder
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