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) jar (b) jor (c) jer
- 2.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
- 3.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) burger (c) bird
- 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) unicorn (c) hammer
- 6.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 7.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 8.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) corn (c) tiger
- 10.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) corn (c) carn
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) unicorn (c) circus
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) circus (c) turtle
- 13.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 14.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
- 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) girl (c) tiger
- 16.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 17.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 18.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 19.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) shirk
- 20.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 21.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
- 22.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) dart (c) paper
- 24.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) guitar (c) popcorn
- 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) corn (c) tiger
- 27.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 28.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dert (c) dart
- 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) turtle (c) fork
- 30.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 31.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 32.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 33.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) star (c) burger
- 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) car (c) unicorn
- 36.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) furk (c) fork
- 37.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 38.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
- 39.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) girl (c) guitar
Answer key
- jar
- butter
- tiger
- car
- hammer
- or
- er
- ur
- jar
- corn
- computer
- turtle
- ur
- third
- torch
- burger
- turkey
- ar
- shark
- girl
- bird
- or
- dart
- ar
- popcorn
- corn
- er
- dart
- fork
- ir
- ar
- turtle
- ur
- star
- tiger
- fork
- er
- circus
- er
- flower
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