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.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 2.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 3.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
- 4.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 5.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) unicorn (c) circle
- 7.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 8.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) corn
- 10.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shark (c) shork
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) guitar (c) popcorn
- 12.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 13.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) star
- 15.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fork (c) fark
- 16.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) circus (c) hammer
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) yarn (c) purple
- 19.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitir (c) guitar
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) burger (c) guitar
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) burger (c) guitar
- 22.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) torch (c) purple
- 24.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 25.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammer (c) hammar
- 26.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 27.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) popcorn (c) paper
- 29.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) torch
- 31.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) scarf (c) butter
- 33.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) spider (c) corn
- 35.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) star (c) thermometer
- 37.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stir
- 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) flower (c) scarf
- 39.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidar (c) spidor
- 40.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
Answer key
- ur
- purple
- flower
- ur
- er
- circle
- bird
- er
- turkey
- shark
- burger
- or
- computer
- star
- fork
- er
- circus
- yarn
- guitar
- guitar
- corn
- ir
- purple
- or
- hammer
- ir
- ur
- popcorn
- or
- bird
- paper
- scarf
- tiger
- car
- ir
- fork
- star
- unicorn
- spider
- girl
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