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.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 2.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 3.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) yarn (c) girl
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) jar (c) unicorn
- 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) circus (c) corn
- 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) fork (c) burger
- 8.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 9.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 10.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) star (c) ladder
- 12.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dart (c) dort
- 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) circle (c) guitar
- 14.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 15.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
- 16.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcirn (c) popcorn
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) spider (c) corn
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) shark (c) first
- 19.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) guitar (c) turtle
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) spider (c) star
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) burger (c) scarf
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) car (c) computer
- 24.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 25.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 26.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) shark (c) hammer
- 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) third (c) yarn
- 29.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scorf (c) scarf
- 30.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 31.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thermometer (c) thormometer
- 32.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 33.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
- 34.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 35.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) jar
- 37.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 38.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) cor (c) car
- 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) bird (c) purple
- 40.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
Answer key
- ar
- ir
- ar
- girl
- turkey
- car
- fork
- burger
- er
- ur
- third
- dart
- turtle
- turtle
- paper
- popcorn
- spider
- shark
- ur
- guitar
- star
- scarf
- popcorn
- ar
- er
- turkey
- hammer
- corn
- scarf
- torch
- thermometer
- ir
- bird
- ur
- or
- jar
- er
- car
- torch
- or
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