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.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 2.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) firk
- 3.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 4.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 5.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 6.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 7.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 8.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) third (c) car
- 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) unicorn (c) tiger
- 11.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) spider (c) unicorn
- 13.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
- 14.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 15.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) guitar (c) fork
- 17.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) corn (c) carn
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) jar (c) purple
- 19.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) corn (c) purple
- 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) thermometer (c) girl
- 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) turkey (c) ladder
- 23.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 24.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
- 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) yarn (c) torch
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) butter (c) torch
- 27.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
- 28.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) computer (c) turtle
- 30.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) computer (c) car
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) scarf (c) burger
- 33.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 34.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 35.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yern
- 36.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) tiger
- 38.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
- 39.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowor (c) flowar
- 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) bird (c) shark
Answer key
- ar
- fork
- ir
- er
- burger
- ur
- ir
- er
- third
- tiger
- turtle
- purple
- turkey
- girl
- unicorn
- fork
- corn
- jar
- or
- corn
- girl
- turkey
- or
- tiger
- yarn
- guitar
- bird
- circle
- computer
- er
- car
- popcorn
- ir
- ar
- yarn
- ar
- torch
- third
- flower
- bird
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