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) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
- 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) burger (c) car
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) car (c) fork
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) star (c) popcorn
- 5.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 6.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) circus (c) yarn
- 8.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shurk (b) shark (c) shork
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) shark (c) burger
- 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) first (c) car
- 11.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) flower (c) turtle
- 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) turtle (c) popcorn
- 14.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
- 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) purple (c) corn
- 16.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 17.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) spider (c) turtle
- 19.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcern (c) popcorn
- 20.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
- 21.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 22.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) computer (c) purple
- 24.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) circle (c) yarn
- 26.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yern
- 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) tiger (c) torch
- 28.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 29.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 30.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) curn
- 31.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) cor (c) car
- 32.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 33.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 34.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
- 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) thermometer (c) unicorn
- 36.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 37.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) spider (c) turkey
- 39.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) stir
- 40.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
Answer key
- ladder
- burger
- fork
- star
- ur
- ur
- yarn
- shark
- shark
- car
- er
- turtle
- popcorn
- bird
- purple
- er
- or
- spider
- popcorn
- circus
- er
- third
- computer
- er
- circle
- yarn
- torch
- ir
- ar
- corn
- car
- turtle
- ar
- burger
- unicorn
- ar
- ar
- turkey
- star
- ar
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