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.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) purple (c) third
- 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) thermometer
- 4.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) circus (c) turtle
- 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) spider (c) corn
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) flower (c) purple
- 8.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 9.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 10.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) burger (c) torch
- 12.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 13.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) turtle (c) circle
- 15.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scirf
- 16.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
- 17.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 18.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) star (c) circle
- 20.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) star (c) popcorn
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) ladder (c) shark
- 23.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) carn (c) corn
- 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) star (c) first
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) jar (c) fork
- 26.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) flower (c) fork
- 28.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 29.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) turkey (c) tiger
- 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) purple (c) fork
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) car (c) corn
- 33.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
- 34.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 35.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 36.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
- 37.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) shark (c) corn
- 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) fork (c) paper
- 40.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
Answer key
- ar
- third
- thermometer
- turkey
- scarf
- circus
- flower
- er
- ir
- er
- torch
- or
- or
- turtle
- scarf
- fork
- er
- ar
- star
- ur
- popcorn
- ladder
- corn
- turkey
- girl
- or
- fork
- or
- er
- tiger
- purple
- car
- third
- ir
- turtle
- butter
- burger
- shark
- paper
- er
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