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) jar (b) jur (c) jor
- 2.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 3.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) jar (c) hammer
- 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) corn (c) turtle
- 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) third (c) purple
- 7.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 8.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 9.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) jar (c) third
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) turkey (c) tiger
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) shark (c) turkey
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) circus (c) turtle
- 14.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 15.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicirn
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) third (c) fork
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) turkey (c) thermometer
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) car
- 19.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 20.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cir (b) car (c) cor
- 21.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 22.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
- 23.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
- 24.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 25.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stir (c) star
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) shark (c) tiger
- 27.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
- 28.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
- 29.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 30.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 31.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 32.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 33.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yurn
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) star (c) girl
- 35.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) corn (c) yarn
- 37.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 38.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shark (c) shork
- 39.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 40.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
Answer key
- jar
- ur
- ar
- jar
- hammer
- purple
- ir
- er
- or
- third
- tiger
- turkey
- circus
- er
- unicorn
- turtle
- thermometer
- car
- girl
- car
- ur
- paper
- computer
- ir
- star
- shark
- circus
- first
- torch
- turkey
- or
- ur
- yarn
- star
- ar
- girl
- or
- shark
- ur
- ir
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