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.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) third (c) thermometer
- 3.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) star
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) popcorn (c) jar
- 6.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 7.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 8.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
- 9.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stir (c) star
- 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) turkey (c) unicorn
- 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) circus (c) guitar
- 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) burger (c) flower
- 13.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
- 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) ladder
- 15.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) hammer (c) unicorn
- 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) girl (c) corn
- 18.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicurn (c) unicorn
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) fork (c) turtle
- 20.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 21.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 22.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) corn (c) yarn
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) fork (c) guitar
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) jar (c) bird
- 26.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) torch (c) car
- 28.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jur (c) jor
- 29.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
- 30.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 31.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
- 32.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) star (c) spider
- 34.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 35.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) terch (c) tarch
- 36.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 37.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 38.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fark (c) fork
- 39.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
- 40.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dert (c) dart
Answer key
- ur
- third
- er
- purple
- jar
- ir
- or
- girl
- star
- yarn
- fork
- unicorn
- circle
- ladder
- ur
- turtle
- corn
- unicorn
- dart
- ar
- ur
- purple
- thermometer
- computer
- bird
- burger
- torch
- jar
- turkey
- circus
- butter
- or
- star
- ar
- torch
- or
- er
- fork
- bird
- dart
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