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.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 2.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) spider (c) popcorn
- 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) burger (c) popcorn
- 5.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 6.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) purple (c) torch
- 8.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 9.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 10.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) star (c) turtle
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) unicorn (c) paper
- 13.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 14.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
- 15.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 16.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) turtle (c) flower
- 18.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) paper (c) unicorn
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) third (c) scarf
- 21.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 22.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) shirk
- 23.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) turtle (c) first
- 25.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 26.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 27.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cer
- 28.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) star (c) corn
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) fork (c) guitar
- 31.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 32.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) bird (c) fork
- 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) car (c) corn
- 35.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 36.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 37.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) corn (c) carn
- 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) circle
- 39.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) ladder (c) turtle
Answer key
- er
- ir
- third
- burger
- ir
- ur
- purple
- er
- er
- ur
- spider
- paper
- er
- computer
- ir
- or
- yarn
- ar
- turkey
- scarf
- or
- shark
- purple
- first
- ar
- ur
- car
- ir
- star
- guitar
- turkey
- ar
- fork
- corn
- circle
- ur
- corn
- circle
- girl
- turtle
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