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.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 2.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 3.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) butter (c) guitar
- 5.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) torch (c) third
- 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) shark (c) circus
- 8.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yurn (c) yorn
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) first (c) hammer
- 10.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) purple (c) spider
- 12.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 13.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 14.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dirt (c) dort
- 15.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shurk (b) shork (c) shark
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) computer (c) fork
- 17.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) carn (c) corn
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) turkey (c) first
- 19.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 20.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) paper (c) torch
- 22.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcirn
- 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) circus (c) corn
- 24.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cer (c) cor
- 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) ladder (c) turtle
- 26.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 27.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 28.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
- 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) unicorn (c) circle
- 30.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
- 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) turkey (c) star
- 32.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) star (c) thermometer
- 34.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) star (c) stor
- 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) jar (c) popcorn
- 36.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 37.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 38.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 39.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
- 40.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
Answer key
- ar
- purple
- ur
- guitar
- or
- yarn
- burger
- yarn
- first
- ur
- spider
- ir
- ar
- dart
- shark
- fork
- corn
- butter
- girl
- burger
- torch
- popcorn
- circus
- car
- star
- torch
- ir
- tiger
- unicorn
- ladder
- turkey
- ur
- thermometer
- star
- popcorn
- or
- er
- first
- butter
- circle
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