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.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 2.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 3.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
- 4.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) purple (c) first
- 6.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 7.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) burger (c) third
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) fork (c) turkey
- 10.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 11.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) tiger
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) jar (c) girl
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) star (c) ladder
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) yarn (c) fork
- 16.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 17.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 18.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) turkey (c) butter
- 20.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) first (c) popcorn
- 22.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 23.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) turkey (c) girl
- 25.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 26.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cern
- 27.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 28.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 29.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 30.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 31.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 32.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stir (c) stor
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) computer (c) corn
- 34.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) terch
- 35.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 36.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicern
- 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) car (c) turtle
- 38.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 39.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) girl (c) yarn
Answer key
- er
- ir
- tiger
- circus
- purple
- er
- ir
- burger
- circle
- ir
- butter
- bird
- girl
- star
- yarn
- ur
- circle
- ur
- jar
- computer
- paper
- ar
- first
- turkey
- ar
- corn
- ir
- or
- or
- er
- purple
- star
- computer
- torch
- burger
- unicorn
- torch
- ur
- ir
- turtle
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