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) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) car (c) circus
- 3.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 4.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
- 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) star (c) first
- 6.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) bird
- 8.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 9.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
- 10.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 11.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scurf (b) scarf (c) scorf
- 12.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) turch (c) tarch
- 13.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 14.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) star (c) stor
- 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) purple (c) corn
- 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) unicorn (c) girl
- 17.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 18.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
- 19.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 20.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) car
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) third (c) purple
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) circus (c) butter
- 24.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 25.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 26.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 27.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cern
- 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) star (c) bird
- 29.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 30.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 31.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 32.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 33.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
- 34.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) firk (c) fork
- 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) girl (c) shark
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) tiger (c) first
- 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) tiger (c) shark
- 38.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) unicorn (c) turtle
- 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) corn (c) first
Answer key
- bird
- fork
- ar
- paper
- butter
- ar
- bird
- ur
- third
- ur
- scarf
- torch
- or
- star
- purple
- girl
- circle
- car
- er
- first
- car
- dart
- scarf
- ir
- or
- ar
- corn
- turkey
- purple
- ir
- or
- ir
- tiger
- fork
- corn
- tiger
- shark
- er
- turtle
- first
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