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) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 2.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 3.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 4.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicurn (c) unicorn
- 5.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
- 6.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 7.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 8.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 9.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 10.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) girl (c) torch
- 12.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) scarf (c) purple
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) computer
- 15.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 16.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
- 17.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 18.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
- 19.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 20.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
- 21.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 22.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 23.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) turkey (c) hammer
- 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) shark (c) turkey
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) spider (c) third
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) purple (c) jar
- 28.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
- 29.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitar (c) guitor
- 30.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
- 31.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
- 32.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 33.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
- 34.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
- 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) turkey (c) corn
- 36.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 37.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) turtle (c) yarn
- 39.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cer
- 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) paper (c) first
Answer key
- first
- er
- ar
- unicorn
- ladder
- er
- or
- ar
- or
- ur
- torch
- ar
- purple
- fork
- ar
- burger
- ur
- spider
- ur
- paper
- er
- ar
- ar
- turkey
- shark
- third
- jar
- bird
- guitar
- corn
- circus
- turtle
- third
- torch
- corn
- ar
- or
- turtle
- car
- car
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