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.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) burger (c) torch
- 3.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
- 4.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) ladder (c) circle
- 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) paper (c) corn
- 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) bird (c) torch
- 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) third (c) fork
- 9.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 10.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) tiger (c) turkey
- 12.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jur (c) jor
- 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) turtle (c) unicorn
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) burger (c) dart
- 15.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 16.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 17.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 18.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 19.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) tiger
- 21.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 22.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 23.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 24.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
- 25.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) girl
- 27.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) third (c) ladder
- 29.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 30.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
- 31.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
- 32.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stir
- 33.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) first (c) car
- 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) shark (c) purple
- 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) shark (c) butter
- 37.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 38.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 39.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) carn (c) corn
- 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) torch (c) thermometer
Answer key
- er
- jar
- third
- or
- star
- corn
- burger
- third
- or
- turtle
- turkey
- jar
- thermometer
- dart
- ar
- or
- ar
- girl
- paper
- tiger
- circus
- circle
- unicorn
- bird
- fork
- girl
- or
- ladder
- ur
- turkey
- ladder
- star
- er
- first
- purple
- fork
- ur
- or
- corn
- shark
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