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.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 2.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 3.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 4.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 5.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yorn (c) yarn
- 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) popcorn (c) circus
- 7.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
- 8.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 9.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 10.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) fork (c) scarf
- 12.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 13.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
- 14.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) furk (c) fork
- 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) thermometer (c) burger
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) corn (c) car
- 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) hammer (c) turtle
- 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) popcorn (c) purple
- 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) butter (c) first
- 20.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
- 21.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dert (c) dart
- 22.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) corn (c) scarf
- 24.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stir (c) star
- 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) guitar (c) corn
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) butter (c) turkey
- 27.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scurf (b) scorf (c) scarf
- 28.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 29.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 30.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 31.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 32.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
- 33.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 34.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) jar (c) corn
- 36.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
- 37.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 38.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 39.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 40.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guiter (c) guitor
Answer key
- ir
- ir
- ur
- ur
- yarn
- flower
- popcorn
- purple
- or
- ir
- fork
- ir
- car
- fork
- burger
- corn
- girl
- circle
- butter
- bird
- dart
- ar
- scarf
- star
- guitar
- car
- scarf
- or
- or
- ur
- turtle
- tiger
- burger
- ir
- jar
- turkey
- ur
- unicorn
- er
- guitar
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