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.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) girl (c) turtle
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) tiger (c) turtle
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) bird (c) car
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) jar (c) purple
- 6.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) bird (c) unicorn
- 8.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 9.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 10.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 11.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
- 12.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) unicorn (c) turkey
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) hammer (c) star
- 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) first (c) butter
- 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) unicorn (c) tiger
- 17.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 18.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
- 19.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 20.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) furk (c) fork
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) third (c) yarn
- 22.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 23.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) turkey (c) corn
- 25.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 26.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 27.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
- 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) car (c) corn
- 29.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 30.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cir
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) girl (c) popcorn
- 32.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) corn (c) ladder
- 34.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) computer (c) scarf
- 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) fork (c) girl
- 37.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 38.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) burger (c) thermometer
- 40.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
Answer key
- er
- dart
- circle
- car
- jar
- ar
- bird
- ar
- ur
- or
- butter
- or
- flower
- star
- first
- tiger
- girl
- star
- ir
- fork
- butter
- ar
- ir
- shark
- ar
- er
- turkey
- turkey
- ir
- car
- thermometer
- er
- corn
- ur
- computer
- fork
- turtle
- er
- unicorn
- ar
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