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) ster (b) stor (c) star
- 2.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) fork (c) girl
- 4.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
- 5.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 6.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 7.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) scarf (c) girl
- 9.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 10.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) unicorn (c) turtle
- 12.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) shark
- 14.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 15.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 16.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) turtle (c) unicorn
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) unicorn (c) ladder
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) jar (c) ladder
- 20.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) corn (c) carn
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) car (c) butter
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) tiger (c) corn
- 23.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) unicorn (c) bird
- 25.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 26.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dirt (c) dart
- 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) guitar (c) butter
- 28.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
- 29.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jur (c) jar
- 30.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 31.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
- 32.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) purple (c) unicorn
- 34.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
- 35.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) unicorn (c) car
- 37.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 38.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
- 39.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) corn (c) paper
Answer key
- star
- spider
- fork
- turtle
- ar
- ur
- computer
- torch
- ir
- ir
- unicorn
- ur
- shark
- er
- ar
- or
- star
- ladder
- jar
- corn
- butter
- tiger
- ar
- scarf
- er
- dart
- turkey
- burger
- jar
- ar
- circle
- er
- purple
- turkey
- er
- turtle
- ur
- flower
- ir
- corn
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