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) thord (b) third (c) thard
- 2.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 3.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) unicorn (c) purple
- 5.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 6.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) third (c) turtle
- 8.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 9.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) turtle (c) star
- 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) turkey (c) bird
- 12.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
- 13.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 14.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 15.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) yarn (c) circle
- 17.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 18.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) car (c) third
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) torch (c) circus
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) paper (c) dart
- 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) turtle (c) dart
- 23.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dirt (c) dort
- 24.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cern
- 25.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) sherk (c) shork
- 26.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) tiger (c) fork
- 28.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) circle (c) computer
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) first (c) flower
- 31.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jur (b) jor (c) jar
- 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) fork (c) star
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) flower (c) corn
- 34.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) jar (c) corn
- 36.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 37.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
- 38.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
- 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) fork (c) burger
- 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) shark (c) ladder
Answer key
- third
- ar
- ir
- ladder
- er
- er
- butter
- er
- ir
- star
- popcorn
- bird
- or
- or
- ar
- yarn
- circle
- or
- third
- computer
- dart
- turtle
- dart
- corn
- shark
- paper
- tiger
- ur
- circle
- flower
- jar
- girl
- corn
- ar
- jar
- burger
- ladder
- car
- fork
- unicorn
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