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.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 2.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 3.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 4.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 5.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) turtle (c) guitar
- 7.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) turtle (c) torch
- 9.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 10.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 11.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitir (c) guitor
- 12.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) spider (c) fork
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) turkey (c) popcorn
- 15.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 16.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) hammer
- 18.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) hammer (c) turtle
- 20.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) butter
- 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) third (c) jar
- 23.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
- 24.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
- 25.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 26.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) sherk
- 27.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) circle (c) car
- 29.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) flower (c) first
- 31.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) fork (c) butter
- 33.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) unicorn (c) turkey
- 35.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
- 36.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) spider (c) yarn
- 38.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 39.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yorn (c) yarn
- 40.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
Answer key
- or
- ar
- turtle
- unicorn
- ur
- corn
- bird
- turtle
- ar
- er
- guitar
- ar
- bird
- dart
- ar
- girl
- popcorn
- ir
- torch
- er
- girl
- third
- tiger
- corn
- or
- shark
- ur
- circle
- ir
- fork
- burger
- scarf
- ur
- unicorn
- hammer
- or
- first
- ar
- yarn
- first
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