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) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
- 2.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cirn
- 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) turtle (c) girl
- 4.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 5.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 6.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 7.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 8.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 9.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) turtle (c) car
- 11.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 12.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 13.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 14.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 15.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) star (c) corn
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) purple (c) hammer
- 18.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
- 19.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) durt
- 20.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
- 21.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 22.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 23.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 24.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 25.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
- 26.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) turtle (c) jar
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) spider (c) star
- 29.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) turkey (c) star
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) third (c) tiger
- 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) first (c) purple
- 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) popcorn (c) purple
- 34.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) popcorn (c) jar
- 36.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 37.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
- 38.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) hammer (c) turtle
- 40.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
Answer key
- ladder
- corn
- turtle
- ar
- unicorn
- er
- er
- purple
- ar
- circus
- er
- ir
- ar
- er
- or
- corn
- hammer
- first
- dart
- circus
- ur
- or
- ar
- ur
- star
- ar
- thermometer
- spider
- er
- turkey
- third
- first
- purple
- er
- jar
- ur
- third
- butter
- girl
- or
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