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 has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) guitar (c) bird
- 2.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) computer (c) star
- 4.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jir (b) jar (c) jor
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) jar (c) turtle
- 6.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 7.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) turkey (c) torch
- 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) turtle (c) shark
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) corn (c) bird
- 11.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 12.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) firk
- 13.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) burger (c) unicorn
- 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) paper (c) torch
- 16.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 17.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) fork (c) car
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) shark (c) first
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) purple (c) guitar
- 21.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) circus (c) burger
- 23.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 24.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) jar (c) third
- 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) car (c) purple
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) star (c) fork
- 28.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) stor (c) star
- 29.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 30.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yurn
- 31.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 32.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) terch
- 33.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
- 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) shark (c) torch
- 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) first (c) spider
- 36.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 37.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 38.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 39.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 40.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
Answer key
- tiger
- er
- computer
- jar
- jar
- or
- or
- car
- turtle
- corn
- unicorn
- fork
- ar
- burger
- paper
- ur
- er
- fork
- shark
- ladder
- ur
- circus
- ir
- paper
- third
- purple
- star
- star
- ir
- yarn
- turkey
- torch
- bird
- torch
- first
- er
- ur
- er
- circle
- tiger
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