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) bird (b) ladder (c) unicorn
- 2.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 3.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) purple (c) car
- 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) computer (c) dart
- 6.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) hammer (c) turkey
- 8.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) guitar (c) torch
- 10.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
- 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) purple (c) corn
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) circus (c) purple
- 13.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 14.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) tiger (c) turkey
- 16.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) dart (c) circle
- 18.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 19.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicirn
- 20.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) thermometer (c) car
- 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) paper (c) popcorn
- 23.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 24.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 25.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 26.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) jar (c) purple
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) circle (c) corn
- 29.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 30.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cer
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) star (c) first
- 32.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 33.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 34.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 35.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) hammer (c) first
- 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) car (c) flower
- 38.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
- 39.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scorf (c) scarf
- 40.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
Answer key
- ladder
- ir
- ar
- car
- third
- ur
- hammer
- or
- torch
- tiger
- girl
- purple
- ar
- ar
- turkey
- ir
- dart
- or
- unicorn
- ur
- thermometer
- popcorn
- or
- ir
- er
- er
- jar
- circle
- bird
- car
- star
- er
- ar
- er
- ar
- first
- fork
- first
- scarf
- star
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