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 has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) star (c) bird
- 2.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 3.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 4.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 5.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) firk (c) fark
- 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) scarf (c) ladder
- 7.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) fork (c) jar
- 9.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 10.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
- 11.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) corn (c) carn
- 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) popcorn (c) jar
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) burger (c) third
- 14.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dert (c) dort
- 15.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 16.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) first (c) unicorn
- 18.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 19.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 20.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 21.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
- 22.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
- 23.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) turkey (c) girl
- 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) turtle (c) third
- 26.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 27.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) shark (c) fork
- 29.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) turtle (c) torch
- 31.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 32.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 33.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) car (c) unicorn
- 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) purple (c) ladder
- 36.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
- 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) burger (c) corn
- 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) burger (c) circle
- 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) scarf (c) girl
- 40.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
Answer key
- bird
- ar
- burger
- ur
- fork
- scarf
- turtle
- fork
- ur
- third
- corn
- jar
- third
- dart
- ar
- er
- unicorn
- purple
- er
- ar
- spider
- butter
- ir
- turkey
- spider
- torch
- ar
- shark
- or
- torch
- or
- ur
- circus
- car
- ladder
- first
- corn
- circle
- turtle
- er
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