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.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
- 2.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) scarf (c) hammer
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) car (c) third
- 5.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 6.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 7.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) scarf (c) computer
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) shark (c) turkey
- 10.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) thermometer (c) yarn
- 12.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scirf (c) scarf
- 13.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 14.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
- 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) popcorn (c) jar
- 16.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yorn (c) yarn
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) computer (c) scarf
- 18.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 19.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 20.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cir
- 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) flower (c) turkey
- 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) circus (c) tiger
- 23.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 24.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 25.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 26.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) guitar (c) unicorn
- 28.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammar (c) hammor
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) jar (c) turtle
- 30.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 31.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 32.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) third (c) corn
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) star (c) turkey
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) guitar (c) unicorn
- 36.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 37.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) carn (c) corn
- 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) bird (c) purple
- 39.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 40.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
Answer key
- paper
- er
- first
- car
- ar
- ar
- ur
- purple
- shark
- or
- thermometer
- scarf
- torch
- tiger
- popcorn
- yarn
- scarf
- or
- ur
- car
- turkey
- circus
- ir
- ar
- turtle
- or
- unicorn
- hammer
- ladder
- ar
- ur
- flower
- corn
- star
- guitar
- er
- corn
- bird
- ar
- bird
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