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.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) thermometer (c) car
- 3.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 4.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 5.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) burger (c) shark
- 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) car (c) spider
- 8.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
- 9.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
- 10.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 11.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 12.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) flower (c) popcorn
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) third (c) guitar
- 15.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cern
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) dart (c) fork
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) dart (c) first
- 18.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
- 19.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) third (c) paper
- 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) shark (c) circus
- 22.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) bird (c) torch
- 24.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) dart (c) spider
- 26.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dirt (c) dart
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) thermometer (c) circle
- 28.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 29.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) corn (c) jar
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) turkey (c) star
- 32.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 33.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) circus (c) car
- 35.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
- 36.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) scarf
- 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) turtle (c) dart
- 39.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 40.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cir (b) cor (c) car
Answer key
- or
- turkey
- er
- er
- ir
- fork
- corn
- third
- paper
- turtle
- ur
- er
- shark
- guitar
- corn
- dart
- computer
- flower
- ir
- third
- circus
- bird
- torch
- ar
- spider
- dart
- thermometer
- unicorn
- ur
- bird
- star
- or
- burger
- car
- torch
- circle
- burger
- turtle
- ar
- car
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