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.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 2.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 3.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) carn (c) corn
- 4.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 5.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 6.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
- 7.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 8.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scurf (b) scorf (c) scarf
- 9.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 10.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
- 11.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 12.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 13.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) shark (c) unicorn
- 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) turtle (c) paper
- 16.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) purple (c) fork
- 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) computer (c) first
- 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) car (c) unicorn
- 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) paper (c) girl
- 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) third (c) yarn
- 22.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yern
- 23.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
- 24.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) jar
- 26.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
- 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) circus
- 28.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) guitar (c) flower
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) turtle (c) hammer
- 31.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guitir
- 32.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) shirk
- 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) ladder (c) star
- 34.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) bird (c) spider
- 36.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
- 37.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
- 38.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 39.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 40.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
Answer key
- ar
- ir
- corn
- er
- ir
- fork
- girl
- scarf
- or
- purple
- ur
- ur
- or
- shark
- turtle
- ur
- purple
- first
- ladder
- girl
- third
- yarn
- tiger
- er
- corn
- hammer
- fork
- ir
- flower
- star
- guitar
- shark
- circus
- er
- spider
- first
- computer
- er
- turkey
- circle
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