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.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
- 2.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 3.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 4.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 5.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
- 6.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 7.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) scarf (c) butter
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) unicorn (c) jar
- 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) third (c) fork
- 11.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) firk (c) fark
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) butter (c) unicorn
- 13.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 14.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 15.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cern
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) burger (c) torch
- 17.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) jar (c) butter
- 19.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) car (c) burger
- 21.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 22.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 23.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 24.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 25.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) third (c) scarf
- 27.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcirn (c) popcarn
- 28.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) computer (c) scarf
- 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) unicorn (c) purple
- 31.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 32.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
- 33.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) circus (c) hammer
- 35.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
- 36.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 37.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) purple (c) bird
- 39.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
- 40.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
Answer key
- spider
- burger
- ur
- ar
- ladder
- ir
- ur
- popcorn
- first
- dart
- fork
- butter
- ar
- turkey
- corn
- torch
- first
- jar
- butter
- car
- er
- or
- er
- ar
- purple
- scarf
- popcorn
- ir
- computer
- unicorn
- or
- circus
- er
- circus
- tiger
- er
- ur
- purple
- girl
- ur
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