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 has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) butter (c) star
- 2.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 3.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 4.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 5.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 6.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yorn (c) yarn
- 7.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) dirt
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) tiger (c) popcorn
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) turkey (c) flower
- 10.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
- 11.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 12.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) popcorn (c) car
- 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) first (c) ladder
- 15.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
- 16.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 17.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 18.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicurn (c) unicorn
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) corn (c) third
- 20.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
- 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) turtle (c) popcorn
- 22.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
- 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) scarf (c) burger
- 24.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 25.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
- 26.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) turtle (c) circle
- 28.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) car (c) circus
- 30.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
- 31.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 32.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 33.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) scarf (c) corn
- 35.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 36.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
- 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) first (c) torch
- 38.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jur (b) jar (c) jor
- 39.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 40.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
Answer key
- star
- ar
- torch
- ir
- ar
- yarn
- dart
- tiger
- circle
- turkey
- turtle
- er
- car
- first
- butter
- ur
- or
- unicorn
- corn
- third
- turtle
- paper
- burger
- er
- purple
- or
- flower
- ir
- ladder
- girl
- ir
- ir
- ir
- scarf
- ur
- circle
- torch
- jar
- er
- flower
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