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.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 2.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
- 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) fork (c) thermometer
- 4.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) circle (c) guitar
- 6.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) jar (c) purple
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) bird (c) star
- 9.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar
- 10.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 11.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 12.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fark (c) fork
- 13.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 14.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
- 15.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicern (c) unicorn
- 16.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 17.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) turch
- 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) paper
- 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) burger (c) first
- 20.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 21.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 22.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) star (c) popcorn
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) circus (c) shark
- 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) shark (c) turtle
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) burger
- 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) girl (c) unicorn
- 28.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
- 29.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
- 30.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 31.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
- 32.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 33.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 34.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) paper (c) star
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) tiger (c) popcorn
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) shark (c) thermometer
- 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) turtle (c) popcorn
- 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) tiger (c) third
- 40.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
Answer key
- er
- ladder
- turkey
- ur
- guitar
- tiger
- paper
- hammer
- computer
- or
- er
- fork
- er
- thermometer
- unicorn
- ur
- torch
- purple
- burger
- ar
- or
- ar
- computer
- shark
- turtle
- girl
- unicorn
- third
- circle
- ar
- circus
- ir
- turtle
- er
- star
- jar
- thermometer
- popcorn
- tiger
- purple
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