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.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) ladder (c) yarn
- 3.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 4.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) stor (c) star
- 5.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 6.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
- 7.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cir
- 8.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 9.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 10.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 11.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
- 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) scarf (c) corn
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) third (c) scarf
- 14.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) popcorn (c) purple
- 16.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fork (c) fark
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) torch (c) computer
- 18.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 19.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 20.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
- 21.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 22.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 23.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 24.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
- 25.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jir (b) jar (c) jor
- 26.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) tiger (c) first
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) tiger (c) bird
- 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) corn (c) turkey
- 30.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 31.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 32.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) unicorn (c) spider
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) turtle (c) car
- 35.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) girl (c) fork
- 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) circle (c) turtle
- 38.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 39.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) hammer (c) circle
Answer key
- ar
- yarn
- burger
- star
- or
- girl
- car
- ar
- ir
- ar
- tiger
- scarf
- third
- purple
- popcorn
- fork
- computer
- turtle
- turkey
- hammer
- ar
- ar
- er
- circle
- jar
- ar
- fork
- car
- turkey
- ar
- or
- ir
- guitar
- butter
- ur
- girl
- circle
- er
- er
- hammer
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