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.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 2.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) corn (c) turkey
- 4.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 5.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) flower (c) fork
- 7.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 8.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jor (c) jar
- 9.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) girl (c) guitar
- 11.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yurn (c) yarn
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) circle (c) turkey
- 13.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
- 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) tiger
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) unicorn (c) paper
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) fork (c) burger
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) purple (c) corn
- 18.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 19.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) durt (c) dort
- 20.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) jar (c) corn
- 22.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
- 23.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 24.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 25.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 26.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
- 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) turkey (c) popcorn
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) star (c) third
- 29.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 30.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 31.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shurk (b) shark (c) shork
- 32.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) third (c) jar
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) turtle (c) car
- 35.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) bird (c) guitar
- 37.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 38.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) jar (c) spider
- 40.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
Answer key
- ar
- turtle
- butter
- bird
- first
- fork
- ir
- jar
- purple
- burger
- yarn
- turkey
- circus
- tiger
- shark
- yarn
- car
- ar
- dart
- or
- corn
- ladder
- popcorn
- er
- ur
- computer
- popcorn
- third
- or
- girl
- shark
- er
- jar
- thermometer
- fork
- guitar
- torch
- or
- spider
- ir
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