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.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 2.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 3.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
- 4.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) turtle (c) shark
- 6.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) stor (c) star
- 7.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 8.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
- 9.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) purple (c) corn
- 11.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yorn (c) yarn
- 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) paper (b) first (c) fork
- 13.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitur (c) guitor
- 14.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 15.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) fork (c) purple
- 17.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 18.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cir
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) unicorn (c) scarf
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) popcorn (c) star
- 21.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 22.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 23.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) jar (c) torch
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) first (c) star
- 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) turkey (c) yarn
- 27.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
- 28.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 29.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 30.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 31.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) corn (c) turkey
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) purple (c) car
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) car (c) paper
- 35.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 36.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 37.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 38.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 39.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 40.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
Answer key
- ar
- er
- paper
- hammer
- turtle
- star
- ir
- turtle
- ur
- bird
- yarn
- fork
- guitar
- purple
- ir
- purple
- ar
- car
- unicorn
- star
- or
- ur
- flower
- torch
- first
- turkey
- torch
- ar
- er
- ar
- spider
- car
- popcorn
- paper
- er
- ar
- ar
- ur
- ar
- ir
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