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_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) first
- 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) jar (c) corn
- 4.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) cor (c) car
- 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) star (c) turkey
- 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) turtle (c) yarn
- 7.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitar (c) guitor
- 8.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 9.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 10.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 11.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 12.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) scarf (c) spider
- 14.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) thermometer (c) star
- 16.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 17.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) flower
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) corn (c) paper
- 20.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcirn (c) popcorn
- 21.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scarf (c) scorf
- 22.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
- 23.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 24.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) popcorn (c) bird
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) turtle (c) circus
- 27.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) furk (c) fork
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) dart (c) torch
- 29.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 30.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) purple (c) paper
- 32.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) circle (c) star
- 34.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 35.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 36.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 37.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
- 38.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) burger (c) shark
- 40.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
Answer key
- or
- corn
- turkey
- car
- torch
- yarn
- guitar
- turkey
- torch
- ar
- or
- circus
- turtle
- ur
- thermometer
- or
- girl
- flower
- car
- popcorn
- scarf
- computer
- ir
- er
- bird
- circus
- fork
- spider
- ar
- or
- purple
- star
- star
- ur
- turtle
- er
- flower
- er
- burger
- ar
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