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.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 2.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) unicorn (c) jar
- 4.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) car (c) spider
- 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) butter (c) burger
- 7.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) yarn (c) ladder
- 9.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) turtle (c) spider
- 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) jar (c) circle
- 12.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 13.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cur
- 14.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) computer (c) turkey
- 16.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 17.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) bird (c) corn
- 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) torch (c) turkey
- 20.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 21.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) shark
- 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) dart
- 24.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 25.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 26.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 27.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 28.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) thermometer (c) third
- 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) unicorn (c) shark
- 31.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 32.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) dirt
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) turtle (c) corn
- 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) circus (c) fork
- 35.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) tiger (c) bird
- 37.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) bird (c) butter
- 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) flower (c) yarn
- 40.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
Answer key
- turkey
- flower
- jar
- er
- spider
- third
- or
- circus
- ir
- turtle
- circle
- er
- car
- er
- computer
- or
- ar
- car
- turkey
- burger
- er
- shark
- purple
- er
- ur
- ar
- er
- or
- thermometer
- burger
- ir
- dart
- corn
- fork
- ar
- bird
- purple
- guitar
- flower
- er
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