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) or (c) ar
- 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) circus (c) turkey
- 3.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) corn (c) computer
- 5.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 6.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) car (c) corn
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) butter (c) turtle
- 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) unicorn (c) computer
- 10.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) spider (c) third
- 12.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) jar (c) turkey
- 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) bird (c) fork
- 15.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
- 16.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 17.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) shark (c) fork
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) burger (c) bird
- 20.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
- 21.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 22.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitor (c) guitar
- 23.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) flower (c) guitar
- 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) popcorn (c) burger
- 26.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) ladder (c) guitar
- 28.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 29.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
- 30.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcirn
- 31.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 32.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) shark (c) fork
- 34.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
- 35.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yurn (c) yorn
- 36.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) star (c) stor
- 37.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 38.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 39.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 40.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
Answer key
- er
- spider
- ur
- scarf
- ir
- er
- corn
- butter
- purple
- or
- third
- ar
- jar
- bird
- spider
- or
- ar
- turtle
- car
- butter
- or
- guitar
- girl
- popcorn
- star
- flower
- guitar
- ur
- turkey
- popcorn
- ur
- ar
- flower
- circus
- yarn
- star
- er
- ar
- purple
- ar
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