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.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 2.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) circus (c) turkey
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) thermometer (c) unicorn
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) yarn (c) turkey
- 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) third (c) dart
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) thermometer (c) turkey
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) tiger (c) jar
- 9.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 10.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) circus (c) torch
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) torch (c) purple
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) torch (c) bird
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) first
- 15.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dart (c) dort
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) fork (c) guitar
- 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) third (c) turtle
- 18.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 19.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stur
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) butter
- 21.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guiter
- 22.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 23.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
- 24.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 25.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 26.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) star (c) computer
- 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) car (c) flower
- 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) car (c) corn
- 30.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
- 31.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
- 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) burger (c) hammer
- 33.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 34.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 35.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 36.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 37.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 38.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thermometer (c) thormometer
- 39.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 40.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
Answer key
- ar
- ur
- circus
- unicorn
- yarn
- dart
- car
- tiger
- ur
- ir
- torch
- thermometer
- bird
- fork
- dart
- guitar
- turtle
- ar
- star
- popcorn
- guitar
- yarn
- girl
- burger
- purple
- ar
- turkey
- corn
- circle
- hammer
- third
- burger
- or
- turtle
- first
- er
- ir
- thermometer
- or
- fork
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