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.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 2.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) circus (c) paper
- 4.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
- 5.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 6.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 7.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) circle (c) shark
- 9.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
- 10.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
- 11.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
- 12.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 13.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 14.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) turkey (c) ladder
- 16.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 17.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 18.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) yarn (c) butter
- 20.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 21.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) guitar
- 23.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 24.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) jar (c) bird
- 26.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 27.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 28.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 29.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) flower (c) jar
- 31.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 32.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 33.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 34.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 35.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) curn (c) corn
- 36.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jer
- 37.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) paper (b) first (c) fork
- 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) popcorn (c) flower
- 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) yarn (c) unicorn
Answer key
- ar
- er
- paper
- hammer
- ir
- or
- er
- shark
- ladder
- popcorn
- tiger
- unicorn
- ur
- ar
- turkey
- ar
- er
- ir
- butter
- or
- burger
- torch
- or
- ir
- bird
- purple
- ur
- ar
- computer
- flower
- ar
- turtle
- turkey
- or
- corn
- jar
- ar
- fork
- popcorn
- circle
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