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.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 2.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) popcorn (c) jar
- 4.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) thermometer (c) tharmometer
- 5.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
- 6.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 7.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) yarn (c) computer
- 9.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) shark (c) flower
- 11.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar
- 12.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
- 13.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcirn (c) popcarn
- 14.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
- 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) third (c) corn
- 16.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) ladder (c) shark
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) circle (c) thermometer
- 19.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) purple (c) bird
- 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) torch (c) purple
- 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) unicorn (c) turkey
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) purple (c) scarf
- 24.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shork (c) shark
- 25.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 26.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 27.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
- 28.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 29.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
- 30.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scorf (c) scarf
- 31.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yern
- 32.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 33.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 34.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
- 35.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
- 36.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
- 37.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cur
- 38.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 39.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) star (c) stor
- 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) purple (c) star
Answer key
- or
- ir
- butter
- thermometer
- bird
- ar
- er
- girl
- ar
- flower
- computer
- girl
- popcorn
- paper
- third
- er
- ladder
- thermometer
- er
- bird
- purple
- turkey
- scarf
- shark
- ur
- ir
- flower
- ir
- torch
- scarf
- yarn
- ur
- or
- circle
- turkey
- butter
- car
- ar
- star
- star
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