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) bard (b) bord (c) bird
- 2.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 3.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 4.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 5.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) carn (c) corn
- 6.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 7.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) firk
- 8.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) torch (c) burger
- 10.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 11.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 12.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 13.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) unicorn (c) bird
- 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) computer (c) jar
- 16.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) bird (c) dart
- 18.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yurn
- 19.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 20.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 21.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) ster
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) turtle (c) jar
- 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) circus (c) yarn
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) turkey (c) yarn
- 25.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 26.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
- 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) popcorn (c) ladder
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) hammer (c) circle
- 29.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) star (c) ladder
- 31.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) dart (c) torch
- 33.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
- 34.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
- 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) tiger (c) turtle
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) fork (c) purple
- 37.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 38.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 39.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcern (c) popcarn
- 40.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
Answer key
- bird
- ur
- ir
- ur
- corn
- ur
- fork
- or
- torch
- er
- ar
- purple
- hammer
- unicorn
- fork
- ur
- bird
- yarn
- or
- circus
- star
- paper
- circus
- computer
- er
- girl
- burger
- hammer
- ar
- ladder
- circle
- dart
- butter
- third
- tiger
- jar
- turtle
- ar
- popcorn
- er
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