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.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 2.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 3.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcirn (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
- 4.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
- 5.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 6.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) third (c) car
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) torch (c) paper
- 9.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) car (c) popcorn
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) dart (c) hammer
- 12.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 13.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 14.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 15.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
- 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) first (c) yarn
- 17.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dort (c) dart
- 18.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 19.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 20.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 21.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) unicorn (c) thermometer
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) fork (c) butter
- 24.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 25.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) first (c) guitar
- 27.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) shark (c) spider
- 29.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
- 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) star (c) girl
- 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) purple (c) circus
- 32.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) firk (c) fork
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) fork (c) guitar
- 34.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) unicorn (c) star
- 36.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) hammer (c) shark
- 38.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) car (c) cor
- 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) car (c) computer
- 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) dart (c) turkey
Answer key
- ar
- er
- popcorn
- first
- or
- er
- third
- paper
- ur
- car
- burger
- ur
- or
- or
- thermometer
- first
- dart
- circle
- ur
- er
- er
- unicorn
- yarn
- ar
- unicorn
- torch
- or
- shark
- bird
- girl
- purple
- fork
- fork
- turtle
- star
- purple
- hammer
- car
- computer
- turkey
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