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.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) flower (c) star
- 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) purple (c) hammer
- 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) hammer (c) burger
- 5.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) torch (c) girl
- 7.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcern
- 8.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stir (c) star
- 9.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scarf (c) scorf
- 10.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) guitar (c) paper
- 12.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 13.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) cor (c) car
- 14.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
- 15.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
- 16.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) thermometer
- 18.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 19.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) dart (c) computer
- 21.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) bird (c) turtle
- 23.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) paper (c) fork
- 25.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 26.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) popcorn (c) turkey
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) first (c) paper
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) car (c) burger
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) hammer (c) turkey
- 31.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jer
- 32.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
- 33.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicern
- 34.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 35.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
- 36.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) jar (c) circus
- 38.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) third (c) flower
- 40.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
Answer key
- or
- star
- purple
- burger
- turtle
- torch
- popcorn
- star
- scarf
- ir
- first
- ir
- car
- tiger
- fork
- ir
- bird
- ir
- burger
- turkey
- ur
- turtle
- spider
- fork
- purple
- turkey
- popcorn
- paper
- car
- hammer
- jar
- thermometer
- unicorn
- er
- corn
- first
- jar
- er
- flower
- ar
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