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.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) car
- 3.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 4.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 5.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 6.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
- 7.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 8.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) stor (c) star
- 9.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) shark (c) turkey
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) star (c) burger
- 12.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tirch (c) tarch
- 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) bird (c) ladder
- 14.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jer (c) jar
- 15.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) furk
- 16.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar
- 17.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
- 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) spider (c) girl
- 19.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 20.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicirn (c) unicarn
- 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) corn (c) bird
- 22.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 23.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 24.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 25.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
- 26.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) dart (c) circle
- 28.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scurf (b) scorf (c) scarf
- 29.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 30.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) first (c) tiger
- 32.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) car (c) circus
- 34.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) shark (c) girl
- 36.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dert (c) dart
- 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) unicorn (c) circus
- 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) third (c) tiger
- 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) turkey (c) hammer
- 40.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yorn (c) yarn
Answer key
- or
- corn
- or
- er
- ar
- circle
- turtle
- star
- turkey
- bird
- burger
- torch
- ladder
- jar
- fork
- computer
- first
- popcorn
- ar
- unicorn
- turkey
- er
- er
- ir
- girl
- ar
- circle
- scarf
- ar
- er
- tiger
- ur
- circus
- er
- unicorn
- dart
- scarf
- turtle
- hammer
- yarn
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