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.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 2.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 3.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
- 4.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 5.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
- 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) turtle (c) third
- 7.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) fork (c) first
- 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) butter (c) unicorn
- 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) guitar (c) computer
- 11.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 12.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 13.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) turtle (c) shark
- 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) tiger (c) circus
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) corn (c) spider
- 17.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) turtle (c) corn
- 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) circus (c) popcorn
- 20.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 21.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) dirt
- 22.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) scarf (c) turtle
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) torch (c) shark
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) jar (c) tiger
- 26.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
- 27.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) torch (c) computer
- 29.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) torch (c) bird
- 31.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar
- 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) paper (c) burger
- 33.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yorn (c) yarn
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) girl (c) car
- 35.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 36.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
- 37.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
- 38.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 39.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) circus (c) popcorn
Answer key
- ar
- turkey
- spider
- er
- popcorn
- paper
- ir
- first
- butter
- guitar
- ir
- ir
- ar
- shark
- tiger
- corn
- or
- scarf
- circus
- er
- dart
- er
- turtle
- torch
- popcorn
- thermometer
- first
- computer
- purple
- bird
- computer
- burger
- yarn
- girl
- ur
- circus
- tiger
- ir
- or
- car
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