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) er (b) ar (c) or
- 2.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) computer (c) torch
- 4.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 5.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 6.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 7.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) purple (c) bird
- 9.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 10.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 11.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
- 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) burger (c) fork
- 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) turkey (c) star
- 14.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 15.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 16.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) corn (c) spider
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) paper (c) bird
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) car (c) unicorn
- 20.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) star
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) turkey (c) star
- 23.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) dart (c) thermometer
- 25.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitir (c) guitor
- 26.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 27.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 28.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
- 29.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cern
- 30.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 31.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 32.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) jar (c) turkey
- 34.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stur
- 35.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
- 36.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) firk (c) fork
- 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) dart (c) popcorn
- 38.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 39.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
- 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) tiger (c) corn
Answer key
- or
- ir
- torch
- ur
- er
- ar
- paper
- popcorn
- ar
- burger
- bird
- fork
- turkey
- turtle
- ur
- ir
- spider
- paper
- unicorn
- turkey
- star
- butter
- or
- thermometer
- guitar
- ur
- or
- computer
- corn
- ar
- ur
- ar
- third
- star
- circle
- fork
- girl
- ir
- spider
- car
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