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_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 2.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
- 3.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) star (c) stor
- 4.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 5.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
- 6.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 7.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
- 8.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 9.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) girl (c) car
- 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) circle (c) star
- 12.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cern
- 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) popcorn (c) turtle
- 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) popcorn (c) first
- 15.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 16.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 17.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 18.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cur
- 19.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) unicorn (c) ladder
- 21.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
- 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) fork (c) purple
- 23.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) durt
- 24.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) circus (c) paper
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) purple (c) car
- 27.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 28.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scarf (c) scorf
- 29.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 30.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) scarf (c) circus
- 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) burger (c) third
- 33.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jir
- 34.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) furk (c) fark
- 35.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) car (c) butter
- 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) circus (c) corn
- 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) turkey (c) bird
- 39.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
- 40.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
Answer key
- ur
- ladder
- star
- or
- third
- or
- paper
- ir
- circle
- girl
- circle
- corn
- popcorn
- first
- er
- burger
- ar
- car
- circus
- ladder
- hammer
- purple
- dart
- girl
- paper
- car
- ir
- scarf
- turtle
- ar
- scarf
- third
- jar
- fork
- popcorn
- turtle
- corn
- bird
- butter
- ir
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