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 has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) jar (c) flower
- 2.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 3.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 4.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) torch
- 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) turtle (c) flower
- 7.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) popcorn (c) girl
- 9.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yorn (c) yarn
- 10.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 11.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) butter (c) first
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) corn (c) scarf
- 14.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 15.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 16.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 17.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 18.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 19.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
- 20.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
- 21.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 22.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
- 23.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 24.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
- 25.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
- 26.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) turkey (c) hammer
- 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) bird (c) burger
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) flower (c) fork
- 30.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 31.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shork (c) shark
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) star (c) spider
- 33.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 34.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scerf
- 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) corn (c) shark
- 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) third (c) purple
- 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) star (c) turtle
- 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) popcorn (c) turkey
- 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) girl (c) turkey
- 40.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
Answer key
- girl
- er
- ur
- ir
- torch
- third
- er
- popcorn
- yarn
- or
- or
- car
- scarf
- ur
- ar
- ar
- ar
- turtle
- fork
- bird
- ar
- computer
- purple
- hammer
- ladder
- ir
- dart
- burger
- star
- ar
- shark
- spider
- turkey
- scarf
- corn
- purple
- unicorn
- thermometer
- turkey
- ar
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