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.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) unicorn (c) bird
- 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) hammer (c) corn
- 4.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) turtle (c) star
- 6.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcern (c) popcarn
- 7.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stur
- 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) hammer
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) scarf (c) fork
- 10.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
- 11.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) car (c) thermometer
- 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) paper (c) unicorn
- 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) third (c) computer
- 15.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 16.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
- 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) corn (c) flower
- 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) star (c) burger
- 19.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 20.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
- 21.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 22.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
- 23.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shurk (c) shork
- 24.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) popcorn (c) circus
- 26.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) thermometer (c) turkey
- 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) scarf
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) bird (c) car
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) spider (c) guitar
- 31.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 32.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) ladder (c) shark
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) torch (c) yarn
- 35.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
- 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) car (c) turkey
- 37.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 38.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 39.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 40.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
Answer key
- ir
- bird
- hammer
- er
- star
- popcorn
- star
- girl
- fork
- hammer
- or
- purple
- paper
- third
- or
- burger
- corn
- burger
- ar
- paper
- ir
- purple
- shark
- butter
- popcorn
- er
- scarf
- turtle
- car
- guitar
- turtle
- computer
- ladder
- yarn
- spider
- turkey
- circle
- er
- unicorn
- ar
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