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.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 2.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 3.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) purple (c) flower
- 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) fork (c) turtle
- 6.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 7.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) carn (c) corn
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) circus (c) computer
- 9.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 10.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 11.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) purple (c) scarf
- 13.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 14.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 15.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) torch (c) turtle
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) torch (c) ladder
- 18.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) fork (c) jar
- 20.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) car (c) cor
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) guitar
- 22.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) stor (c) star
- 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) circus (c) turtle
- 24.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
- 25.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
- 26.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 27.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) star (c) girl
- 29.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 30.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) fork (c) scarf
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) tiger (c) car
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) third (c) burger
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) star (c) fork
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) unicorn (c) bird
- 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) ladder (c) burger
- 37.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dirt (c) dort
- 38.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 39.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitir (c) guitar
- 40.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
Answer key
- ar
- ir
- ar
- flower
- bird
- ir
- corn
- corn
- or
- girl
- ar
- purple
- burger
- ir
- ur
- torch
- ladder
- or
- jar
- car
- guitar
- star
- turtle
- flower
- bird
- er
- purple
- girl
- ur
- er
- scarf
- car
- shark
- star
- yarn
- unicorn
- dart
- ar
- guitar
- butter
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