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.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) scarf
- 3.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) bird (c) turtle
- 5.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 6.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) star (c) stor
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) scarf (c) turtle
- 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) bird (c) ladder
- 9.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 10.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitur
- 11.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) guitar (c) first
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) scarf (c) third
- 14.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 15.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 16.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
- 17.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
- 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) thermometer (c) jar
- 19.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
- 20.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) ladder (c) bird
- 22.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) durt (c) dort
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) flower (c) car
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) corn (c) guitar
- 25.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
- 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) turkey (c) corn
- 27.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) ladder (c) bird
- 29.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) purple (c) star
- 31.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 32.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 33.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) shark (c) purple
- 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) shark (c) butter
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) girl (c) paper
- 37.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 38.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 39.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
- 40.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
Answer key
- or
- scarf
- ir
- flower
- turkey
- star
- girl
- burger
- first
- guitar
- ar
- first
- third
- er
- er
- butter
- girl
- circle
- hammer
- yarn
- ladder
- dart
- car
- corn
- flower
- hammer
- ur
- bird
- er
- star
- or
- ir
- ur
- purple
- butter
- paper
- or
- er
- bird
- ur
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