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.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 2.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) curn (c) corn
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) flower (c) popcorn
- 4.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 5.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) circus (c) yarn
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) third (c) scarf
- 8.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 9.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) firk (c) fork
- 10.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) dart (c) computer
- 12.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 13.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) tirch (c) torch
- 14.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) computer (c) first
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) torch (c) burger
- 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) popcorn (c) spider
- 18.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 19.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 20.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) girl (c) corn
- 22.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
- 23.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guiter
- 24.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 25.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 26.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 27.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 28.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) dart (c) burger
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) thermometer (c) turtle
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) car
- 32.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 33.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 34.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 35.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) fork (c) shark
- 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) bird (c) hammer
- 38.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) durt (c) dart
- 39.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 40.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
Answer key
- er
- corn
- popcorn
- or
- or
- turtle
- scarf
- turtle
- fork
- turkey
- computer
- bird
- torch
- burger
- first
- burger
- turkey
- or
- ar
- first
- corn
- circus
- guitar
- or
- girl
- ar
- ur
- circle
- dart
- thermometer
- car
- ur
- er
- er
- er
- shark
- bird
- dart
- ir
- ir
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