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.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) car (c) corn
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) fork (c) turkey
- 4.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
- 5.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 6.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) turtle (c) star
- 8.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 9.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) third (c) torch
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) girl (c) computer
- 12.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) shark (c) computer
- 14.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 15.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 16.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
- 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) thermometer (c) bird
- 18.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) flower (c) corn
- 20.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
- 21.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) corn (c) spider
- 23.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) popcorn (c) car
- 25.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
- 26.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 27.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 28.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) hammer
- 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) dart (c) turtle
- 31.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
- 32.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
- 33.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cer
- 34.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) durt (c) dart
- 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) fork (c) spider
- 36.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) paper (c) circus
- 38.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shork (c) shark
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) girl (c) fork
- 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) first
Answer key
- ir
- spider
- scarf
- flower
- ur
- er
- star
- turkey
- ur
- torch
- computer
- ar
- purple
- girl
- or
- turtle
- burger
- ur
- flower
- butter
- or
- corn
- ladder
- car
- corn
- first
- ar
- ir
- hammer
- turtle
- computer
- paper
- car
- dart
- bird
- ir
- paper
- shark
- girl
- fork
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