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.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 2.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
- 3.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) tiger (c) torch
- 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) turtle (c) circus
- 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) first (c) popcorn
- 7.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) car (c) ladder
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) paper (c) girl
- 10.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) scarf (c) tiger
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) turkey (c) circle
- 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) unicorn (c) turtle
- 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) fork (c) guitar
- 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) spider (c) dart
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) torch (c) burger
- 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) turkey (c) fork
- 18.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 19.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) stor (c) star
- 20.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 21.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
- 22.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shark (c) shork
- 23.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) corn (c) butter
- 25.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 26.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) star
- 28.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 29.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) car (c) flower
- 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) purple (c) tiger
- 32.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 33.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 34.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 35.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) flower (c) shark
- 37.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 38.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 39.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 40.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
Answer key
- ir
- third
- ir
- bird
- circus
- first
- or
- circle
- corn
- ur
- scarf
- turkey
- turtle
- paper
- spider
- burger
- fork
- ur
- star
- torch
- paper
- shark
- burger
- car
- er
- ir
- star
- ar
- purple
- flower
- purple
- ur
- unicorn
- yarn
- er
- shark
- ar
- ar
- er
- bird
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